Films like Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence of Utena.

Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence of Utena (1999) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured surreal / lgbt, surreal 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 City of Lost Children (1995) poster
1. The City of Lost Children1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002) poster
2. Resurrection of the Little Match Girl2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Paprika (2006) poster
3. Paprika2006

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016) poster
4. Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu2016

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Genius Party (2007) poster
5. Genius Party2007

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Labyrinth of Cinema (2019) poster
6. Labyrinth of Cinema2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Neptune Frost (2021) poster
7. Neptune Frost2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

No Smoking (2007) poster
8. No Smoking2007

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu (2016) poster
9. Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Les Saignantes (2005) poster
10. Les Saignantes2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Wild Boys (2017) poster
11. The Wild Boys2017

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hanagatami (2017) poster
12. Hanagatami2017

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

These are Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence of Utena’s neighbours — where are yours?

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