If you loved Lady Bird, try Submarine

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Submarine has roughly 5.7× fewer votes than Lady Bird — 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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Lady Bird

2017 · dir. Greta Gerwig

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Submarine

2011 · dir. Richard Ayoade

What they share

Theyboth carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Lady Bird, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Submarine is

Swansea, grey afternoon, a faded prom photo. A teenage boy navigates love and his parents' fraying marriage, while a classmate's pyromania sparks curiosity. Ayoade's coming-of-age tale unfolds with deadpan humor.

If you loved Lady Bird, try Submarine

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What they share

What Submarine is

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