Films like A Clockwork Orange.

A Clockwork Orange (1971) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme drama / crime, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Blind Beast (1969) poster
1. Blind Beast1969

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967) poster
2. Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!1967

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Deserter and the Nomads (1968) poster
3. The Deserter and the Nomads1968

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Suspiria (1977) (1977) poster
4. Suspiria1977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Videodrome (1983) poster
5. Videodrome1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Third Part of the Night (1971) poster
6. The Third Part of the Night1971

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Scanners (1981) poster
7. Scanners1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Deep Red (1975) poster
8. Deep Red1975

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Woman of Fire (1971) poster
9. Woman of Fire1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a heightened unreality.

The Fury (1978) (1978) poster
10. The Fury1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Performance (1970) (1970) poster
11. Performance1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Todo Modo (1976) poster
12. Todo Modo1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are A Clockwork Orange’s neighbours — where are yours?

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