If you loved Desperately Seeking Susan, try Harlem Nights
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
Theyboth carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Desperately Seeking Susan, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Harlem Nights is
Eddie Murphy directs Eddie Murphy in a film that certainly happened. A Harlem club owner and his associate contend with mobsters and crooked cops in 1938. It's not exactly Scorsese, but people seemed to have fun.

