If you loved The Counselor, try American Gangster
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 Ridley Scott, and they both carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Counselor, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What American Gangster is
Harlem streets, winter, a suitcase full of cash. A ruthless kingpin rises, a determined detective waits, the system is about to be gamed. Ridley Scott tackles the crime epic with characteristic scale.

