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Films like High Heels.

High Heels (1991) reads as Neutral, steady, measured drama / comedy, inventive 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.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

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

Nô (1998) poster
3. 1998

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

Holy Smoke! (1999) poster
4. Holy Smoke!1999

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

Amateur (1994) poster
5. Amateur1994

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

The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983) poster
6. 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.

Avanti Popolo (1986) poster
7. Avanti Popolo1986

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

Irma Vep (1996) (1996) poster
8. Irma Vep1996

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

Diva (1981) (1981) poster
9. Diva1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989) poster
10. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Matchstick Men (2003) poster
11. Matchstick Men2003

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

Three Colors: White (1994) poster
12. Three Colors: White1994

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

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