The Color of Friendship vs The Railway Children

The Color of Friendship and The Railway Children are tied on audience score (6.7/10). The Color of Friendship is the shorter watch at 1h 23m compared with 1h 43m. Both are drama, family, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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The Color of FriendshipThe Railway Children
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 6.7/10
Year20002000
Length1h 23m1h 43m
GenresDrama, Family, TV MovieDrama, Family, TV Movie
Country––
DirectorKevin HooksCatherine Morshead
Main castPenny Johnson Jerald, Carl Lumbly, Travis Kyle Davis, Shadia Simmons, Anthony BurnettDavid Bamber, Jenny Agutter, Michael Kitchen, Clare Thomas, Jack Blumenau

Synopsis

The Color of Friendship

Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black…

The Railway Children

Set at the turn of the 20th century, The Railway Children tells the story of three Edwardian children and their mother who move to a country house in Yorkshire after their father is mysteriously taken away by the police.

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