If you loved The Killing Fields, try Empire of the Sun
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
Theysit in Drama / History / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Killing Fields, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Empire of the Sun is
Shanghai streets, Christmas 1941, a toy airplane. A boy's world shrinks to a prison camp, an American sailor becomes his lifeline. Spielberg frames childhood resilience in wartime.

