Dinner with Friends vs The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for The Death & Life of John F. Donovan). Dinner with Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 3m. The Death & Life of John F. Donovan is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dinner with Friends
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan| Dinner with Friends | The Death & Life of John F. Donovan | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 36m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Sasha Leigh Henry | Xavier Dolan |
| Main cast | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell | Kit Harington, Thandiwe Newton, Emily Hampshire, Amara Karan, Natalie Portman |
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 Death & Life of John F. Donovan
A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
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