Joe and Max vs Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.1/10 for Joe and Max). Prayers for Bobby is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 49m. Joe and Max is the older of the two (2002 against 2009). Both are drama, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Joe and Max posterJoe and Max2002 VS Prayers for Bobby posterPrayers for Bobby2009
Joe and MaxPrayers for Bobby
Audience score★ 5.1/10★ 8.1/10
Year20022009
Length1h 49m1h 29m
GenresDrama, TV MovieDrama, History, TV Movie
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorSteve JamesRussell Mulcahy
Main castRichard Roundtree, David Paymer, John Toles-Bey, August Zirner, Til SchweigerHenry Czerny, Carly Schroeder, Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Kelley, Dan Butler

Synopsis

Joe and Max

True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.

Prayers for Bobby

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.

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