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Films like As Tears Go By.

As Tears Go By (1988) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

The Realm of Fortune (1986) poster
1. The Realm of Fortune1986

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Made in Hong Kong (1997) poster
2. Made in Hong Kong1997

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crime and Punishment (1983) poster
3. Crime and Punishment1983

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

Totally F***ed Up (1993) poster
4. Totally F***ed Up1993

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

Devil in the Flesh (1986) poster
5. Devil in the Flesh1986

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

Thief (1981) (1981) poster
6. Thief1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Thief (Mann re-pass) (1981) poster
7. Thief (Mann re-pass)1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Vincent & Theo (1990) poster
8. Vincent & Theo1990

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Boiling Point (1990) poster
9. Boiling Point1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Place Without Limits (1978) poster
10. The Place Without Limits1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rendez-vous (1985) poster
11. Rendez-vous1985

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

Ley Lines (1999) poster
12. Ley Lines1999

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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