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Films like Audition.

Audition (1964) reads as Warm, steady, gentle comedy / documentary, 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.

Age of Consent (1969) poster
1. Age of Consent1969

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

Adieu Philippine (1962) poster
2. Adieu Philippine1962

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

Bed and Board (1970) poster
3. Bed and Board1970

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

A Bagful of Fleas (1962) poster
4. A Bagful of Fleas1962

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Stolen Kisses (1968) poster
5. Stolen Kisses1968

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

The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963) poster
6. The Bakery Girl of Monceau1963

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

The Flooded Land (1962) poster
7. The Flooded Land1962

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Don't Cry, Pretty Girls (1970) poster
8. Don't Cry, Pretty Girls1970

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Men (1972) poster
9. Men1972

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tlayucan (1962) poster
10. Tlayucan1962

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wives (1975) poster
11. Wives1975

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

Black Peter (1964) poster
12. Black Peter1964

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

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