Downbeat vs Leto
Downbeat has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Leto). Downbeat is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 2h 6m. Leto is the older of the two (2018 against 2026). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Downbeat
Leto| Downbeat | Leto | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 2h 6m |
| Genres | Drama, Music | Drama, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Danny Madden | Kirill Serebrennikov |
| Main cast | Christie Lynn Smith, Gary Galone, Will Madden, Skyler Bible, Dustin Hahn | Irina Starshenbaum, Philipp Avdeev, Aleksandr Bashirov, Teo Yoo, Roman Bilyk |
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.
Leto
Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.