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Films like Big Eyes.

Big Eyes (1974) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / satire, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Peeping Toms (1972) poster
1. Peeping Toms1972

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

Flights in Dreams and Reality (1982) poster
2. Flights in Dreams and Reality1982

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

The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983) poster
3. The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun1983

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

The Graduate (1967) poster
4. The Graduate1967

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

The Hare Census (1973) poster
5. The Hare Census1973

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

Face to Face (1966) poster
6. Face to Face1966

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

Mr. Naive (1970) poster
7. Mr. Naive1970

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

Hunting Flies (1969) poster
8. Hunting Flies1969

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

The Whistling Cobblestone (1971) poster
9. The Whistling Cobblestone1971

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

Ecce Bombo (1978) poster
10. Ecce Bombo1978

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

Abigail's Party (1977) poster
11. Abigail's Party1977

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

The Heartbreak Kid (1972) poster
12. The Heartbreak Kid1972

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

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