If you loved Mean Streets, try Boxcar Bertha

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Boxcar Bertha has roughly 9.3× fewer votes than Mean Streets — 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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Mean Streets

1973 · dir. Martin Scorsese

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Boxcar Bertha

1972 · dir. Martin Scorsese

What they share

Both films are directed by Martin Scorsese, and they sit in Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Mean Streets, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Boxcar Bertha is

You ride the rails in 1930s Arkansas and then corruption catches up, but Martin Scorsese sets the tone.

If you loved Mean Streets, try Boxcar Bertha

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What they share

What Boxcar Bertha is

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