If you loved How Green Was My Valley, try The Grapes of Wrath

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 John Ford, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to How Green Was My Valley, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Grapes of Wrath is

Steinbeck's novel meets migrant worker saga. Tom Joad reunites with his family after prison. Henry Fonda carries this Great Depression tale.

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