Searching vs The Dinner
Searching has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 4.5/10 for The Dinner). Searching is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h . The Dinner is the older of the two (2017 against 2018). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Searching
The Dinner| Searching | The Dinner | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 4.5/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Aneesh Chaganty | Oren Moverman |
| Main cast | John Cho, Melissa Disney, Ben Cain, Sean O'Bryan, Michelle La | Adepero Oduye, Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Coogan |
Synopsis
Searching
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
The Dinner
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.
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