If you loved Angels with Dirty Faces, try Mildred Pierce
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 Michael Curtiz, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Angels with Dirty Faces, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Mildred Pierce is
You bake pies for the rich by day and cry into the dough at night. Your daughter wants more than the diner serves. Then a detective leaves roses on your wet apron.

