If you loved Good Will Hunting, try To Die For

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. To Die For has roughly 15.7× fewer votes than Good Will Hunting — 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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Good Will Hunting

1997 · dir. Gus Van Sant

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To Die For

1995 · dir. Gus Van Sant

What they share

Both films are directed by Gus Van Sant, and they both carry the cozy mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Good Will Hunting, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What To Die For is

Small town New Hampshire, winter, a local TV station's dull hum. A weathered news desk, a young wife's calculated smile, a ruthless climb up the media ladder. Van Sant frames satire through suburban desperation.

If you loved Good Will Hunting, try To Die For

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To Die For

What they share

What To Die For is

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