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Films like The Shooting.

The Shooting (1966) reads as Heavy, measured, measured western, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) poster
1. The Return of the Prodigal Son1967

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

Le Boucher (1970) poster
2. Le Boucher1970

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

The Nun (1966) poster
3. The Nun1966

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

Pale Flower (1964) poster
4. Pale Flower1964

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

Boy (1969) poster
5. Boy1969

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

Padatik (1973) poster
6. Padatik1973

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

Gods of the Plague (1970) poster
7. Gods of the Plague1970

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

The Killing ofa ChineseBookie — repeat guard1976
8. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie — repeat guard1976

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

Akitsu Springs (1962) poster
9. Akitsu Springs1962

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

Une Femme Douce (1969) poster
10. Une Femme Douce1969

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

La Noire de... (Black Girl) (1966) poster
11. La Noire de... (Black Girl)1966

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

The American Soldier (1970) poster
12. The American Soldier1970

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

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

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