Beat vs Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for Beat). Beat is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 36m. Beat is the older of the two (2000 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Beat | Dinner with Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Gary Walkow | Sasha Leigh Henry |
| Main cast | Norman Reedus, Sam Trammell, Kiefer Sutherland, Ron Livingston, Kyle Secor | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell |
Synopsis
Beat
The true story of two murders that shaped the lives of several college students who went on to become some of the most influential writers of the "Beat Generation."
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…
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