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Films like Stroszek.

Stroszek (1977) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama, 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.

Interview (1971) poster
1. Interview1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Husbands (1970) poster
2. Husbands1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) poster
3. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Lola (Fassbinder) (1981) poster
4. Lola (Fassbinder)1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) poster
5. Beware of a Holy Whore1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Aval Appadithan (1978) poster
6. Aval Appadithan1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Love Streams (1984) poster
7. Love Streams1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Identification Marks: None (1965) poster
8. Identification Marks: None1965

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lola (1981) poster
9. Lola1981

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) poster
10. McCabe & Mrs. Miller1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mealtimes (1967) poster
11. Mealtimes1967

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971) poster
12. Pioneers in Ingolstadt1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Stroszek’s neighbours — where are yours?

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