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Films like Straight Time.

Straight Time (1978) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured crime / drama, grounded 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.

Smash Palace (1981) poster
1. Smash Palace1981

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

El Pico (1983) poster
2. El Pico1983

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

Rolling Thunder (1977) poster
3. Rolling Thunder1977

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

Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) poster
4. Who'll Stop the Rain1978

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

Pressure (1976) poster
5. Pressure1976

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

Hardcore (1979) poster
6. Hardcore1979

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

Boxcar Bertha (1972) poster
7. Boxcar Bertha1972

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

Go Tell the Spartans (1978) poster
8. Go Tell the Spartans1978

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

The Enemy (1979) poster
9. The Enemy1979

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

Scarecrow (1983) poster
10. Scarecrow1983

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

Over the Edge (1979) poster
11. Over the Edge1979

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

Gangs (1988) poster
12. Gangs1988

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

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