Films like The Square Yard.

The Square Yard (1983) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / sport, 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.

Summer Thefts (1988) poster
1. Summer Thefts1988

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Up to a Certain Point (1983) poster
2. Up to a Certain Point1983

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

Dreams of Hind and Camelia (1988) poster
3. Dreams of Hind and Camelia1988

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

Moral (1982) poster
4. Moral1982

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mr. Karate (1993) poster
5. Mr. Karate1993

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Time Stands Still (1982) poster
6. Time Stands Still1982

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Muhsin Bey (1987) poster
7. Muhsin Bey1987

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

Kids Return (1996) poster
8. Kids Return1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Color of Money (1986) poster
9. The Color of Money1986

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mo' Better Blues (1990) poster
10. Mo' Better Blues1990

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Outsiders (1983) poster
11. The Outsiders1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wild Search (1989) poster
12. Wild Search1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Square Yard’s neighbours — where are yours?

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