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Films like The Shout.

The Shout (1978) reads as Heavy, measured, measured psychological / surreal, surreal 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.

Ganja & Hess (1973) poster
1. Ganja & Hess1973

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

Images (1972) poster
2. Images1972

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

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) poster
3. The Man Who Fell to Earth1976

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

Arrebato (1979) poster
4. Arrebato1979

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

A Quiet Place in the Country (1968) poster
5. A Quiet Place in the Country1968

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

The Vision of the Sabbath (1988) poster
6. The Vision of the Sabbath1988

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

Phenomena (1985) poster
7. Phenomena1985

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

Phase IV (1974) poster
8. Phase IV1974

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

The Swimmer (1968) poster
9. The Swimmer1968

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

Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966) poster
10. Kill, Baby... Kill!1966

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Theorem (1968) poster
11. Theorem1968

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

The Tin Drum (1979) poster
12. The Tin Drum1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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