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Films like A Taxing Woman.

A Taxing Woman (1987) reads as Warm, breathless, measured comedy / satire, grounded 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.

Vabank (1981) poster
1. Vabank1981

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

Minbo (1992) poster
2. Minbo1992

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

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) poster
3. Manhattan Murder Mystery1993

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

Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) poster
4. Goodbye Pork Pie1981

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

The Brink's Job (1978) poster
5. The Brink's Job1978

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

Fall Guy (1982) poster
6. Fall Guy1982

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

The End of Old Times (1989) poster
7. The End of Old Times1989

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

Family Plot (1976) poster
8. Family Plot1976

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

Sólo con Tu Pareja (1991) poster
9. Sólo con Tu Pareja1991

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

The Dog in the Manger (1996) poster
10. The Dog in the Manger1996

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

Get Shorty (1995) poster
11. Get Shorty1995

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

Kit Kat (1991) poster
12. Kit Kat1991

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

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