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Films like The Worthless.

The Worthless (1982) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / crime, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

The Hit (1984) poster
1. The Hit1984

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

Masques (1987) poster
2. Masques1987

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

Cop au Vin (1985) poster
3. Cop au Vin1985

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

Inspector Lavardin (1986) poster
4. Inspector Lavardin1986

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

The Missouri Breaks (1976) poster
5. The Missouri Breaks1976

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

Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) poster
6. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean1982

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

China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) poster
7. China 9, Liberty 371978

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

Taxi Blues (1990) poster
8. Taxi Blues1990

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

White Hunter Black Heart (1990) poster
9. White Hunter Black Heart1990

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

Bezness (1992) poster
10. Bezness1992

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

The Dead Man's Seat (1984) poster
11. The Dead Man's Seat1984

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

Saving the Fire (1973) poster
12. Saving the Fire1973

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

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