If you loved Amanda Knox, try The Five Obstructions

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Five Obstructions has roughly 3.3× fewer votes than Amanda Knox — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theysit in Documentary territory. If that's the register that drew you to Amanda Knox, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What The Five Obstructions is

Von Trier forces Leth to remake his own short film five times under escalating technical and psychological hurdles. Each version bends the original’s deadpan humanism into new shapes. Leth’s pragmatic resistance outshines the rules.

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