Dinner with Friends vs The Boys in the Band
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for The Boys in the Band). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 1m. The Boys in the Band is the older of the two (2020 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Dinner with Friends | The Boys in the Band | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 36m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Sasha Leigh Henry | Joe Mantello |
| Main cast | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell | Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, Charlie Carver |
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…
The Boys in the Band
At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
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