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Films like Bananas.

Bananas (1971) reads as Warm, breathless, gentle woody-allen / satire, 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.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972) poster
1. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex1972

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) poster
2. What's Up, Tiger Lily?1966

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Silent Movie (1976) poster
3. Silent Movie1976

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Man Who Quit Smoking (1972) poster
4. The Man Who Quit Smoking1972

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

All These Women (1964) poster
5. All These Women1964

Keeps the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) poster
6. The Little Shop of Horrors1960

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crime in the Night Club (1968) poster
7. Crime in the Night Club1968

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Home Movies (1980) poster
8. Home Movies1980

Keeps the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965) poster
9. The Knack ...and How to Get It1965

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) poster
10. Get to Know Your Rabbit1972

Keeps the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Greetings (1968) poster
11. Greetings1968

Keeps the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Take the Money and Run (1969) poster
12. Take the Money and Run1969

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

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