If you loved Perfect Sense, try Young Adam

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Young Adam has roughly 6.4× fewer votes than Perfect Sense — 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 David Mackenzie, and they both carry the neon soaked mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Perfect Sense, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Young Adam is

River barges on a grey morning, a woman's body floats by, a young drifter's secrets simmer. A dead woman's presence disrupts the barge owners' lives. David Mackenzie directs this 2003 drama.

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