If you loved Wings of Desire, try Faraway, So Close!

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Faraway, So Close! has roughly 8.4× fewer votes than Wings of Desire — 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.

What they share

Both films are directed by Wim Wenders, and they both carry the bittersweet, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Fantasy / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Wings of Desire, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Faraway, So Close! is

Wim Wenders revisits his angels-over-Berlin conceit. Cassiel, now earthbound, falls in with a shady American arms dealer. It's a lot more convoluted than the original, and not as good, but worth it for the cameos.

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