If you loved Alfie, try Educating Rita
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Lewis Gilbert, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Alfie, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Educating Rita is
A working-class hairdresser signs up for literature classes thinking it might improve her life, hoping the professor can do the same for himself. An unlikely bond forms between the alcoholic academic and his eager student as each confronts the limits of their respective worlds. The script hands out good intentions and little else.

