If you loved Falling Down, try The Phantom of the Opera

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Falling Down

1993 · dir. Joel Schumacher

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Both films are directed by Joel Schumacher, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Falling Down, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Phantom of the Opera is

Paris Opera House, midnight, chandelier crashing. A young soprano's voice enthralls a disfigured musician lurking in shadows. Schumacher stages a grandly Gothic romance.

If you loved Falling Down, try The Phantom of the Opera

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