Films like Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry.

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured car-chase / road-movie, grounded 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.

Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) poster
1. Gone in 60 Seconds1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Secret Rivals 2 (1977) poster
2. The Secret Rivals 21977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a stubborn streak of hope.

The Shaolin Plot (1977) poster
3. The Shaolin Plot1977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Truck Turner (1974) poster
4. Truck Turner1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Five Superfighters (1979) poster
5. Five Superfighters1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Lady Whirlwind (1972) poster
6. Lady Whirlwind1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Foxy Brown (1974) poster
7. Foxy Brown1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Cantonen Iron Kung Fu (1979) poster
8. Cantonen Iron Kung Fu1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The New Shaolin Boxers (1976) poster
9. The New Shaolin Boxers1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Hapkido (1972) poster
10. Hapkido1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Blazing Temple (1976) poster
11. The Blazing Temple1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Association (1975) poster
12. The Association1975

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry’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.

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