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Films like Seven Beauties.

Seven Beauties (1975) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. 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.

Love and Anarchy (1973) poster
1. Love and Anarchy1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Clean Slate (1981) poster
2. Clean Slate1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Lenny (1974) poster
3. Lenny1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Third Generation (1979) poster
4. The Third Generation1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

All That Jazz (1979) poster
5. All That Jazz1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Dawn of the Dead (1978) (1978) poster
6. Dawn of the Dead1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Matador (1986) poster
7. Matador1986

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Duck, You Sucker! (1971) poster
8. Duck, You Sucker!1971

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) poster
9. The Working Class Goes to Heaven1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Secret Honor (1984) poster
10. Secret Honor1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Human Bullet (1968) poster
11. The Human Bullet1968

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Reservoir Dogs (1992) poster
12. Reservoir Dogs1992

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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