If you loved Man on the Moon, try A Scene at the Sea

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. A Scene at the Sea has roughly 9.2× fewer votes than Man on the Moon — 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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Man on the Moon

1999 · dir. Miloš Forman

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A Scene at the Sea

1991 · dir. Takeshi Kitano

What they share

Theysit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Man on the Moon, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What A Scene at the Sea is

Takeshi Kitano directs, but also this is a romance? A young deaf man finds a surfboard and decides he will surf. His equally deaf girlfriend supports him. It's a very quiet film, one might say.

If you loved Man on the Moon, try A Scene at the Sea

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What they share

What A Scene at the Sea is

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