If you loved Manchester by the Sea, try Margaret

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Margaret has roughly 19.3× fewer votes than Manchester by the Sea — 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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Manchester by the Sea

2016 · dir. Kenneth Lonergan

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Margaret

2011 · dir. Kenneth Lonergan

What they share

Both films are directed by Kenneth Lonergan, and they both carry the bittersweet, gut punch mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Manchester by the Sea, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

bittersweetgut punch

What Margaret is

Lisa Cohen charts a collision course between teenage ideals and adult compromise after witnessing a fatal accident. Her guilt spirals into fractious outbursts that fracture every relationship in sight. An unflinching suburban psychodrama where no one exits clean.

If you loved Manchester by the Sea, try Margaret

Manchester by the Sea

Margaret

What they share

What Margaret is

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