If you loved The Parallax View, try The Pelican Brief

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 Alan J. Pakula, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Parallax View, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Pelican Brief is

New Orleans, a cryptic fax, a law journal open on a desk. A young student's theory sparks a deadly chase, a web of corruption unravels. Pakula's direction makes the paranoia feel dangerously real.

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