Beats vs Downbeat
Downbeat has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Beats). Downbeat is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 49m. Beats is the older of the two (2019 against 2026). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beats
Downbeat| Beats | Downbeat | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Drama, Music | Drama, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Chris Robinson | Danny Madden |
| Main cast | Anthony Anderson, Uzo Aduba, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Paul Walter Hauser, Khalil Everage | Christie Lynn Smith, Gary Galone, Will Madden, Skyler Bible, Dustin Hahn |
Synopsis
Beats
An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
Downbeat
Fleeing mistakes in Atlanta, Mauro crashes on his sister’s couch in Boston. He takes to bucket drumming on the streets for a way out, but can’t stop screwing things up and drawing everyone else into his own feral shortcomings.