If you loved As Good as It Gets, try Terms of Endearment

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Terms of Endearment has roughly 5.0× fewer votes than As Good as It Gets — 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

Both films are directed by James L. Brooks, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to As Good as It Gets, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Terms of Endearment is

Here's a movie about mothers and daughters, which is always fun. Aurora clashes with her daughter Emma even as they both search for happiness in their own ways. It's a film that finds time for both cancer and adultery.

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