If you loved Encounters at the End of the World, try My Best Fiend

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 Werner Herzog, and they both carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Documentary territory. If that's the register that drew you to Encounters at the End of the World, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What My Best Fiend is

Taxi Driver meets Apocalypse Now without the war. Werner Herzog examines his volatile bond with Klaus Kinski. It delivers a darkly comedic era of cinema.

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