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Films like The Big City.

The Big City (1966) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / cinema-novo, 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.

Easy Rider (1969) poster
1. Easy Rider1969

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Stone of Madness (1967) poster
2. The Stone of Madness1967

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

Stress Is Three (1968) poster
3. Stress Is Three1968

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

The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971) poster
4. The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach1971

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

Saving the Fire (1973) poster
5. Saving the Fire1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Midnight Cowboy (1969) poster
6. Midnight Cowboy1969

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

You and Me (1971) poster
7. You and Me1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Degree of Murder (1967) poster
8. A Degree of Murder1967

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

Part of the Stone (1972) poster
9. Part of the Stone1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Three Days and a Child (1967) poster
10. Three Days and a Child1967

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Binding Sentiments (1969) poster
11. Binding Sentiments1969

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

The Deceased (1965) poster
12. The Deceased1965

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

These are The Big City’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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