If you loved The Anderson Tapes, try Dog Day Afternoon

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

Both films are directed by Sidney Lumet, and they both carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Anderson Tapes, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Dog Day Afternoon is

Brooklyn bank, summer afternoon, sirens outside. Two men, a botched heist, hostages and cameras. Lumet frames the chaos with a keen eye for social unrest.

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