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Films like Bad Boy Bubby.

Bad Boy Bubby (1993) reads as Sombre, steady, extreme drama / cult, surreal 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.

Wild at Heart (1990) poster
1. Wild at Heart1990

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Pillow Book (1996) poster
2. The Pillow Book1996

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Red Squirrel (1993) poster
3. The Red Squirrel1993

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

Little Tony (1998) poster
4. Little Tony1998

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

Time of the Gypsies (1988) poster
5. Time of the Gypsies1988

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Velvet Goldmine (1998) (1998) poster
6. Velvet Goldmine1998

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

The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1999) poster
7. The Lord's Lantern in Budapest1999

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

A Cat in the Brain (1990) poster
8. A Cat in the Brain1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Declaration of Fools (1983) poster
9. Declaration of Fools1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl (1985) poster
10. The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl1985

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Love Exposure (2008) poster
11. Love Exposure2008

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A Snake of June (2002) poster
12. A Snake of June2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

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