The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)

Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia, to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island, which might be just another of his pie-in-the-sky schemes. Inevitably, complications begin to pile up.

Genres: Drama

What to watch after The King of Marvin Gardens

• The Great Gatsby (1974) — Same feel: melancholy, complex
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) — Two steps away in the credits
• The Two Jakes (1990) — Jack Nicholson appears in both
• The Yards (2000) — Same feel: realistic, complex
• Ironweed (1987) — Same feel: melancholy, realistic
• The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) — Same subject: sibling relationship, mobster