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Films like The Conformist.

The Conformist (1970) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. 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.

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

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

The Conspirators (1972) poster
2. The Conspirators1972

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

The Passenger (1975) poster
3. The Passenger1975

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

St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972) poster
4. St. Michael Had a Rooster1972

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

Lucía (1968) poster
5. Lucía1968

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lancelot du Lac (1974) (1974) poster
6. Lancelot du Lac1974

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

Nazarin (1959) (1959) poster
7. Nazarin1959

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

Padatik (1973) poster
8. Padatik1973

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

The Nun (1966) poster
9. The Nun1966

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

La Guerre Est Finie (1966) poster
10. La Guerre Est Finie1966

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

The Brave Warrior (1968) poster
11. The Brave Warrior1968

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

Pale Flower (1964) poster
12. Pale Flower1964

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

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