One could spend all day and night listing the glorious virtues of director Ryan Coogler's ambitious "Sinners," which have turned the film into a pop culture phenomenon. There's a litany of memorable performances, those striking images captured on 70mm film are unforgettable, and its bravura musical sequences similarly astonish. What's especially exciting about this movie, though, is how fresh and original it is.

Not based on any pre-existing source material, "Sinners" is something completely new in American cinema. It truly doesn't feel like anything that came before it, even while following in the footsteps of other beloved subgenres like vampire movies and musicals. Though "Sinners" is a one-of-a-kind classic, that doesn't mean there aren't other movies out there with similar vibes that

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