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Films like 8½ Women.

8½ Women (1999) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / art, surreal 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 Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1999) poster
1. The Lord's Lantern in Budapest1999

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

The Saddest Music in the World (2003) poster
2. The Saddest Music in the World2003

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

Drowning by Numbers (1988) poster
3. Drowning by Numbers1988

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Conspirators of Pleasure (1996) poster
4. Conspirators of Pleasure1996

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

The Cannibals (1988) poster
5. The Cannibals1988

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006) poster
6. WWW: What a Wonderful World2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Little Tony (1998) poster
7. Little Tony1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Pillow Book (1996) poster
8. The Pillow Book1996

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

The Bothersome Man (Norway) (2006) poster
9. The Bothersome Man (Norway)2006

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

Pistol Opera (2001) poster
10. Pistol Opera2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012) poster
11. Goltzius and the Pelican Company2012

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

Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly (2008) poster
12. Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly2008

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

These are 8½ Women’s neighbours — where are yours?

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