If you loved Nicholas Nickleby, try Flyboys
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, tender mood tags, and they sit in Adventure / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Nicholas Nickleby, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Flyboys is
Here's a movie that's keen for you to know that valor exists. A group of young Americans volunteers for the French military during World War I and becomes the country's first fighter pilots. It certainly looks like a movie.

