If you loved Secret Zoo, try Villain & Widow

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Villain & Widow has roughly 4.6× fewer votes than Secret Zoo — 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 Son Jae-gon, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Secret Zoo, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Villain & Widow is

Here's a film that perhaps overestimates how funny writers are. A widow takes in a lodger to make ends meet, unaware he's actually a criminal on the run. It just about gets away with being watchable, if nothing else.

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