Downbeat vs La La Land
Downbeat has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.9/10 for La La Land). Downbeat is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 2h 9m. La La Land is the older of the two (2016 against 2026). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Downbeat
La La Land| Downbeat | La La Land | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Danny Madden | Damien Chazelle |
| Main cast | Christie Lynn Smith, Gary Galone, Will Madden, Skyler Bible, Dustin Hahn | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno |
Synopsis
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.
La La Land
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
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