If you loved Dances with Wolves, try Little Big Man

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Little Big Man has roughly 6.5× fewer votes than Dances with Wolves — 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

Theysit in Adventure / Drama / Western territory. If that's the register that drew you to Dances with Wolves, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Little Big Man is

Arthur Penn here asks if the Western can be a bit of a yarn. A 121-year-old man recounts being raised by the Cheyenne before joining up with Custer. It does take a certain something to make a revisionist Western comedy that's almost three hours long.

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