Films like The Phantom of Liberty.

The Phantom of Liberty (1974) reads as Neutral, steady, gentle surreal / comedy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, 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.

Brewster McCloud (1970) poster
1. Brewster McCloud1970

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) poster
2. WR: Mysteries of the Organism1971

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Hole in the Moon (1964) poster
3. Hole in the Moon1964

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Milky Way (1969) poster
4. The Milky Way1969

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Zerograd (1988) poster
5. Zerograd1988

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Daisies (1966) poster
6. Daisies1966

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a deep human warmth.

Desperate Living (1977) poster
7. Desperate Living1977

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Lilies of the Field (1972) poster
8. Lilies of the Field1972

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) poster
9. The Rocky Horror Picture Show1975

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Macunaíma (1969) poster
10. Macunaíma1969

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) poster
11. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life1983

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a running vein of humour.

O Lucky Man! (1973) poster
12. O Lucky Man!1973

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

These are The Phantom of Liberty’s neighbours — where are yours?

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