If you loved Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), try Amores Perros

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Amores Perros has roughly 4.7× fewer votes than Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — 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 Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Amores Perros is

October rain slicking Reforma. A speeding car veers into another. Octavio flees with his brother’s wife, a washed-up model stakes everything on a dogfight, a dog runs bleeding through the underpass. A storm of blood and chance that burrows under the skin like a stray bullet.

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