If you loved Monsieur Verdoux, try Limelight

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.

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Monsieur Verdoux

1947 · dir. Charlie Chaplin

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Both films are directed by Charlie Chaplin, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Monsieur Verdoux, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Limelight is

Chaplin directs Chaplin in this clown-opus, a film with a specific agenda. An aging stage performer saves a young dancer from despair. It all resolves a little too neatly, but that was always part of the plan.

If you loved Monsieur Verdoux, try Limelight

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