If you loved Battle of the Sexes, try Misbehaviour

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Misbehaviour has roughly 6.6× fewer votes than Battle of the Sexes — 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.

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Battle of the Sexes

2017 · dir. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

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Misbehaviour

2020 · dir. Philippa Lowthorpe

What they share

Theyboth carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to Battle of the Sexes, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

bittersweet

What Misbehaviour is

Apparently feminism can be a real pageant killer. A group of women plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World competition. It predictably gets messy.

If you loved Battle of the Sexes, try Misbehaviour

Battle of the Sexes

Misbehaviour

What they share

What Misbehaviour is

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