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Films like The Apple War.

The Apple War (1971) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / satire, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973) poster
1. A Slightly Pregnant Man1973

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sleeper (1973) poster
2. Sleeper1973

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Dinner for Adele (1978) poster
3. Dinner for Adele1978

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Lemonade Joe (1964) poster
4. Lemonade Joe1964

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Boy Friend (1971) poster
5. The Boy Friend1971

Keeps the gentle temperature and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crime in the Night Club (1968) poster
6. Crime in the Night Club1968

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The New Devil of Hellsbottom (1964) poster
7. The New Devil of Hellsbottom1964

Keeps the gentle temperature and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Adventures of Picasso (1978) poster
8. The Adventures of Picasso1978

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Formula of Love (1984) poster
9. Formula of Love1984

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) poster
10. Airplane II: The Sequel1982

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

That Same Munchausen (1979) poster
11. That Same Munchausen1979

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Bald Hassan (1970) poster
12. Bald Hassan1970

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

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