Films like A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents.

A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents (1986) reads as Neutral, steady, measured romance / drama, 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.

Summer Thefts (1988) poster
1. Summer Thefts1988

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Faces of Women (1985) poster
2. Faces of Women1985

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

Tent of Miracles (1977) poster
3. Tent of Miracles1977

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

Newsfront (1978) poster
4. Newsfront1978

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Cinta dalam Sepotong Roti (1991) poster
6. Cinta dalam Sepotong Roti1991

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

The Extras (1993) poster
7. The Extras1993

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

The Family (1987) poster
8. The Family1987

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

Kaos (1984) poster
9. Kaos1984

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

The School We Went To (1980) poster
10. The School We Went To1980

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

The Shadow Play (1992) poster
11. The Shadow Play1992

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Big Blue (1988) (1988) poster
12. The Big Blue1988

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

These are A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents’s neighbours — where are yours?

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