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Films like The Girls.

The Girls (1968) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / comedy, 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.

Mama Turns 100 (1979) poster
1. Mama Turns 1001979

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

The Whistling Cobblestone (1971) poster
2. The Whistling Cobblestone1971

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

Capriccio all'italiana (1968) poster
3. Capriccio all'italiana1968

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

The End of a Priest (1969) poster
4. The End of a Priest1969

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

Pearls of the Deep (1966) poster
5. Pearls of the Deep1966

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

Shine, Shine, My Star (1969) poster
6. Shine, Shine, My Star1969

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

An Unusual Exhibition (1968) poster
7. An Unusual Exhibition1968

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

Black Lizard (1968) poster
8. Black Lizard1968

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

Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972) poster
9. Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Decameron (1971) poster
10. The Decameron1971

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

RoGoPaG (1963) poster
11. RoGoPaG1963

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

HealtH (1980) poster
12. HealtH1980

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

These are The Girls’s neighbours — where are yours?

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