The Dinner vs The Good Boy
The Good Boy has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 4.5/10 for The Dinner). The Good Boy is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h . The Dinner is the older of the two (2017 against 2026). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| The Dinner | The Good Boy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.5/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2026 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Oren Moverman | Jan Komasa |
| Main cast | Adepero Oduye, Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Coogan | Stephen Graham, Anson Boon, Andrea Riseborough, Savannah Steyn, Jessica Johnson |
Synopsis
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.
The Good Boy
Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to find himself imprisoned in the basement of a remote Yorkshire house, inhabited by a very strange family. But what unfolds is not what he could possibly expect.
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