Films like I, the Worst of All.

I, the Worst of All (1990) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

The Surrogate Woman (1986) poster
1. The Surrogate Woman1986

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

Madame Bovary (1991) poster
2. Madame Bovary1991

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

Black Republic (1990) poster
3. Black Republic1990

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

Voyager (1991) poster
4. Voyager1991

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

Bab El-Oued City (1994) poster
5. Bab El-Oued City1994

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

The Smile of the Lamb (1986) poster
6. The Smile of the Lamb1986

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

Hungarian Requiem (1990) poster
7. Hungarian Requiem1990

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

A Muslim (1995) poster
8. A Muslim1995

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

To the Starry Island (1993) poster
9. To the Starry Island1993

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

Stolen Meeting (1988) poster
10. Stolen Meeting1988

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

Hungarians (1978) poster
11. Hungarians1978

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

Gilsoddeum (1985) poster
12. Gilsoddeum1985

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

These are I, the Worst of All’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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