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Films like Stir Crazy.

Stir Crazy (1980) reads as Warm, breathless, measured buddy / prison, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Flodder (1986) poster
1. Flodder1986

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Used Cars (1980) poster
2. Used Cars1980

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Night Shift (1982) poster
3. Night Shift1982

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) poster
4. The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe1972

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

What About Bob? (1991) poster
5. What About Bob?1991

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978) poster
6. Half a Loaf of Kung Fu1978

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Soapdish (1991) poster
7. Soapdish1991

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) poster
8. Down and Out in Beverly Hills1986

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cipolla Colt (1975) poster
9. Cipolla Colt1975

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Married to the Mob (1988) poster
10. Married to the Mob1988

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Loot (1980) poster
11. The Loot1980

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) poster
12. The Return of the Pink Panther1975

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality; trades toward a warm emotional register.

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