Downbeat vs Metalhead
Downbeat has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Metalhead). Downbeat is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 37m. Metalhead is the older of the two (2013 against 2026). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Downbeat
Metalhead| Downbeat | Metalhead | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 37m |
| Genres | Drama, Music | Drama, Music |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Danny Madden | Ragnar Bragason |
| Main cast | Christie Lynn Smith, Gary Galone, Will Madden, Skyler Bible, Dustin Hahn | Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Hannes Óli Ágústsson |
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.
Metalhead
A young girl in 1990s Iceland is caught between the life that took her brother and her own inability to strike out on her own. In her grief, she finds solace in metal and dreams of making her own music.
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