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 posterBeat2000 VS Dinner with Friends posterDinner with Friends2025
BeatDinner with Friends
Audience score★ 5.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20002025
Length1h 33m1h 36m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorGary WalkowSasha Leigh Henry
Main castNorman Reedus, Sam Trammell, Kiefer Sutherland, Ron Livingston, Kyle SecorTattiawna 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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