If you loved Water for Elephants, try The Long Walk

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.

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Water for Elephants

2011 · dir. Francis Lawrence

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The Long Walk

2025 · dir. Francis Lawrence

What they share

Both films are directed by Francis Lawrence. If that's the register that drew you to Water for Elephants, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What The Long Walk is

Desert highway, scorching summer, footsteps echoing. Fifty teenage boys march in unison, their weary faces set against the horizon, as the distant hum of a military jeep patrols their flank. Lawrence brings a visceral dread to this twisted endurance test.

If you loved Water for Elephants, try The Long Walk

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What they share

What The Long Walk is

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