If you loved Intolerable Cruelty, try Mr. & Mrs. Smith

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Mr. & Mrs. Smith has roughly 6.8× fewer votes than Intolerable Cruelty — 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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Intolerable Cruelty

2003 · dir. Joel Coen

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941 · dir. Alfred Hitchcock

What they share

Theyboth carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Intolerable Cruelty, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Mr. & Mrs. Smith is

Alfred Hitchcock does screwball. A married couple, after a terse breakfast exchange, discover their marriage isn't valid. The ensuing antics, of course, test the very bonds they thought unbreakable. It's lighter than one might expect from the director of Psycho.

If you loved Intolerable Cruelty, try Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Intolerable Cruelty

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

What they share

What Mr. & Mrs. Smith is

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