Dinner with Friends vs My Father's Shadow

Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for My Father's Shadow). My Father's Shadow is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 36m. Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Dinner with FriendsMy Father's Shadow
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.8/10
Year20252025
Length1h 36m1h 33m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorSasha Leigh HenryAkinola Davies Jr.
Main castTattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew BushellṢọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Tosin Adeyemi, Patrick Diabuah, Uzoamaka Power, Efon Wini

Synopsis

Dinner with Friends

After the parties, jobs, and hook-ups throughout their twenties and into their thirties, eight friends are trying to hold on to their group as they get older and life gets complicated. Over a series of dinners, the group deals with loyalty, loss, and an uncertain future as relationships shift and secrets are unraveled, with each dinner bringing its own dynamic-shifting announcement of reconciliation, unexpected relationships, and betrayal. The…

My Father's Shadow

Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city's magnitude and their father's daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.

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