cinehunch
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Like The Pope of Greenwich Village, it finds bruised humanity and mordant humor in small-time crime, with a tightly observed working-class world and men whose shortcuts keep tightening the pressure.
02
Why this pick
Its charismatic protagonist repeatedly turns everyday debts into increasingly dangerous problems. The nervous New York atmosphere, dark wit, and escalating consequences make it a close tonal companion.
03
Why this pick
James Gray’s wintry Brooklyn crime drama shares the film’s intimate family conflicts, neighborhood specificity, and sense that criminal obligations seep painfully into private life.
04
Why this pick
A volatile, funny, deeply anxious night among low-level criminals. Its loose, lived-in dialogue and friendship under extreme strain preserve the messy emotional energy of Rosenberg’s film.
05
Why this pick
This is a more tragic, atmospheric take on neighborhood loyalty and criminal entanglement, driven by combustible friendships and a vivid Irish-American New York milieu.
Finding the atmosphere, tension and little details that made this one stay with you.
Our curator needs a little longer. Please come back shortly.
No confident matches yet. Try our personal film finder.
01 / THE STORY
In an Italian neighborhood of Greenwich Village, cousins Charlie (Rourke), a maître d' with aspirations of someday owning his own restaurant, and Paulie (Roberts), a schemer who works as a waiter, have expensive tastes but not much money. Paulie gets caught skimming checks, and he and Charlie are both fired. Now out of work and in debt, Charlie must find another way to pay his alimony, support his pregnant girlfriend Diane (Hannah), and try to buy a restaurant.
Showing saved details. Some information may be out of date.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Mrs. Ritter
Bed Bug Eddie
Paulie's Father
Ronnie
Paulie
Charlie
Diane
Barney
