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Films like Plácido.

Plácido (1961) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured comedy / satire, 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.

The Seduction of Mimi (1972) poster
1. The Seduction of Mimi1972

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

Bad Luck (1960) poster
2. Bad Luck1960

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Executioner (1963) poster
3. The Executioner1963

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

Seduced and Abandoned (1964) poster
4. Seduced and Abandoned1964

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

The Age of Assassins (1967) poster
5. The Age of Assassins1967

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

Fighting Elegy (1966) poster
6. Fighting Elegy1966

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Elegant Beast (1962) poster
7. Elegant Beast1962

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972) poster
8. Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me1972

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

Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957) poster
9. Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate1957

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

The National Shotgun (1978) poster
10. The National Shotgun1978

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

Kill! (1968) poster
11. Kill!1968

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

Giants and Toys (1958) poster
12. Giants and Toys1958

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

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