If you loved McCabe & Mrs. Miller, try Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
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
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Western territory. If that's the register that drew you to McCabe & Mrs. Miller, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid is
Bonnie and Clyde without the roaring roadsters. Pat Garrett, now a sheriff, is tasked with hunting down Billy the Kid, his former partner in crime. Kris Kristofferson's Kid makes you wonder whose side Peckinpah is really on.

