Films like Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / british, inventive 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.

The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983) poster
1. The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun1983

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

Cop au Vin (1985) poster
2. Cop au Vin1985

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

Prizzi's Honor (1985) poster
3. Prizzi's Honor1985

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

Inspector Lavardin (1986) poster
4. Inspector Lavardin1986

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

Flights in Dreams and Reality (1982) poster
5. Flights in Dreams and Reality1982

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

Bianca (1984) poster
6. Bianca1984

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

Bob Roberts (1992) poster
7. Bob Roberts1992

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

The Terrace (1980) poster
8. The Terrace1980

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

The Swindle (1997) poster
9. The Swindle1997

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

Camouflage (1977) poster
10. Camouflage1977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Masques (1987) poster
11. Masques1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000) (2000) poster
12. The Eyes of Tammy Faye2000

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

These are Sammy and Rosie Get Laid’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.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →