If you loved Call Me by Your Name, try Bones and All

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Bones and All has roughly 7.9× fewer votes than Call Me by Your Name — 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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Call Me by Your Name

2017 · dir. Luca Guadagnino

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Bones and All

2022 · dir. Luca Guadagnino

What they share

Both films are directed by Luca Guadagnino, and they both carry the bittersweet, sexy, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Call Me by Your Name, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Bones and All is

Midwestern plains, summer dusk, a rusted car door creaks. A young woman and a disenfranchised drifter walk together, their footsteps echoing through desolate landscapes. Guadagnino's take on first love is a test of monstrous endurance.

If you loved Call Me by Your Name, try Bones and All

Call Me by Your Name

Bones and All

What they share

What Bones and All is

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