If you loved Whatever Works, try Husbands and Wives

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Husbands and Wives has roughly 3.7× fewer votes than Whatever Works — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Whatever Works

2009 · dir. Woody Allen

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Husbands and Wives

1992 · dir. Woody Allen

What they share

Both films are directed by Woody Allen, and they both carry the cerebral mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Whatever Works, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

cerebral

What Husbands and Wives is

Woody Allen dissects his own life again, as only he can. Two married couples reassess their relationships after a sudden split rocks their social circle. It's hard to know who comes off worse, but it's probably Woody.

If you loved Whatever Works, try Husbands and Wives

Whatever Works

Husbands and Wives

What they share

What Husbands and Wives is

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