If you loved Florence Foster Jenkins, try Lay the Favorite

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Lay the Favorite has roughly 6.2× fewer votes than Florence Foster Jenkins — 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.

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Florence Foster Jenkins

2016 · dir. Stephen Frears

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Lay the Favorite

2012 · dir. Stephen Frears

What they share

Both films are directed by Stephen Frears, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Florence Foster Jenkins, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Lay the Favorite is

It figures a math whiz would find work in Vegas. A former stripper lands a job with a sports book operator. The film manages a mild win.

If you loved Florence Foster Jenkins, try Lay the Favorite

Florence Foster Jenkins

Lay the Favorite

What they share

What Lay the Favorite is

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