If you loved Chimes at Midnight, try The Magnificent Ambersons

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 Orson Welles, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Chimes at Midnight, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Magnificent Ambersons is

Another family’s fortune curdles in real time. A mother’s second chance at love collides with her heir’s narcissism. Classic melodrama loses some of its luster in transition.

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