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Films like Fear of Fear.

Fear of Fear (1975) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / psychological, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. 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.

I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) poster
1. I Only Want You to Love Me1976

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

Jail Bait (1973) poster
2. Jail Bait1973

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

Boy (1969) poster
3. Boy1969

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Martha (1974) poster
4. Martha1974

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

Poachers (1975) poster
5. Poachers1975

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

Story of Sin (1975) poster
6. Story of Sin1975

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

Seyyit Han (1968) poster
7. Seyyit Han1968

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

The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) poster
8. The Stationmaster's Wife1977

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

Tranquility in the Presence of Others (1973) poster
9. Tranquility in the Presence of Others1973

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

Obsession (1976) (1976) poster
10. Obsession1976

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

The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973) poster
11. The Earth Is a Sinful Song1973

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

Spiral (1978) poster
12. Spiral1978

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

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