If you loved The Light Between Oceans, try The Place Beyond the Pines

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 Derek Cianfrance, and they both carry the gut punch mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Light Between Oceans, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Place Beyond the Pines is

You're a motorcycle stunt rider needing cash for your new family. So you start hitting banks, but a local cop is dogging you. Cianfrance bleeds the crime genre dry, leaving something like Greek tragedy.

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