If you loved Earthquake Bird, try 8 Million Ways to Die
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. 8 Million Ways to Die has roughly 3.2× fewer votes than Earthquake Bird — 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
Theyboth carry the outsider mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Earthquake Bird, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What 8 Million Ways to Die is
Los Angeles. Always. A coke spoon. An ex-sheriff's detective haunted by a drug-bust shootout and a subsequent spiral into booze now faces down a high-end madam and her smack-addled muscle. Ashby's neon-noir final film dives deep into the sun-blinded 80s.

