If you loved Oliver!, try The Agony and the Ecstasy
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Agony and the Ecstasy has roughly 3.1× fewer votes than Oliver! — 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.
What they share
Both films are directed by Carol Reed, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Oliver!, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What The Agony and the Ecstasy is
Seven Samurai if they squabbled about pigments. Michelangelo resists Pope Julius II's commission to paint the Sistine Chapel, leading to a titanic clash of wills. Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison embody outsized egos in a grandly theatrical Hollywood treatment.
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