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Films like Kes.

Kes (1969) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama, 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.

Thieves Like Us (1974) poster
1. Thieves Like Us1974

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

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) poster
2. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul1974

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

Scarecrow (1973) poster
3. Scarecrow1973

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

Two English Girls (1971) poster
4. Two English Girls1971

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

The Last Picture Show (1971) poster
5. The Last Picture Show1971

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

A Special Day (1977) poster
6. A Special Day1977

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

Kapurush (1965) poster
7. Kapurush1965

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

Naked Childhood (1968) poster
8. Naked Childhood1968

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

High School (Wiseman) (1968) poster
9. High School (Wiseman)1968

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

Man Is Not a Bird (1965) poster
10. Man Is Not a Bird1965

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

Graduate First (1978) poster
11. Graduate First1978

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

The Rain People (1969) poster
12. The Rain People1969

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

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