If you loved Class of 1984, try Street Smart

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Street Smart has roughly 4.6× fewer votes than Class of 1984 — 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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Class of 1984

1982 · dir. Mark L. Lester

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Street Smart

1987 · dir. Jerry Schatzberg

What they share

Theyboth carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Class of 1984, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Street Smart is

Manhattan night. Distant sirens. A typewriter clacking. Journalist makes up a pimp for a story. The fiction too closely resembles an actual, dangerous man facing trial. Soon the writer is caught between the law and the streets. Schatzberg’s late-period crime films have a bitter aftertaste.

If you loved Class of 1984, try Street Smart

Class of 1984

Street Smart

What they share

What Street Smart is

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