If you loved War Horse, 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
Both films are directed by Steven Spielberg, and they both carry the bittersweet, epic mood tags, and they sit in Drama / History / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to War Horse, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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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.

