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Films like The Graduate.

The Graduate (1967) reads as Neutral, steady, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Peeping Toms (1972) poster
1. Peeping Toms1972

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

Closely Watched Trains (1966) poster
2. Closely Watched Trains1966

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Hunting Flies (1969) poster
4. Hunting Flies1969

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Big Eyes (1974) poster
5. Big Eyes1974

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

Face to Face (1966) poster
6. Face to Face1966

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Apple Game (1977) poster
7. The Apple Game1977

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

California Split (1974) poster
8. California Split1974

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

Calamity (1981) poster
9. Calamity1981

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ecce Bombo (1978) poster
10. Ecce Bombo1978

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

The Hare Census (1973) poster
11. The Hare Census1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Landlord (1970) poster
12. The Landlord1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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