Films like A Short Film About Love.

A Short Film About Love (1988) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. 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.

Song of the Exile (1990) poster
1. Song of the Exile1990

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wild Reeds (1994) poster
2. Wild Reeds1994

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

My Favorite Season (1993) poster
3. My Favorite Season1993

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Decalogue (1989) poster
4. The Decalogue1989

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

An Angel at My Table (1990) poster
5. An Angel at My Table1990

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Maurice (1987) (1987) poster
6. Maurice1987

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984) poster
7. A Year of the Quiet Sun1984

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sopyonje (1993) poster
8. Sopyonje1993

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Camera Buff (1979) poster
9. Camera Buff1979

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sacrificed Youth (1985) poster
10. Sacrificed Youth1985

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

Vive le Tour (1986) poster
11. Vive le Tour1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Childhood (1991) poster
12. Childhood1991

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are A Short Film About Love’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →