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Films like Diva.

Diva (1981) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured thriller / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

One Way or Another (1977) poster
1. One Way or Another1977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

High Heels (1991) poster
2. High Heels1991

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992) poster
3. Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda1992

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Women in Love (1969) poster
4. Women in Love1969

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

An Egyptian Story (1982) poster
5. An Egyptian Story1982

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Law of Desire (1987) poster
6. Law of Desire1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Kaos (1984) poster
7. Kaos1984

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

The Worthless (1982) poster
8. The Worthless1982

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

Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980) poster
9. Mon oncle d'Amérique1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Missouri Breaks (1976) poster
10. The Missouri Breaks1976

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

Subway (1985) (1985) poster
11. Subway1985

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

Tent of Miracles (1977) poster
12. Tent of Miracles1977

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

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