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Films like Boy Meets Girl.

Boy Meets Girl (1984) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, inventive 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.

Renaldo and Clara (1978) poster
1. Renaldo and Clara1978

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

Calendar (1993) poster
2. Calendar1993

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

Bells from the Deep (1993) poster
3. Bells from the Deep1993

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

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) poster
4. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser1974

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

Vigil (1984) poster
5. Vigil1984

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Giliap (1975) poster
6. Giliap1975

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

Zabriskie Point (1970) poster
7. Zabriskie Point1970

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

Octobre (1993) poster
8. Octobre1993

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

My Own Private Idaho (1991) poster
9. My Own Private Idaho1991

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

Bicycle Sighs (1990) poster
10. Bicycle Sighs1990

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

Jaime (1974) poster
11. Jaime1974

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

The Last Diving (1992) poster
12. The Last Diving1992

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

These are Boy Meets Girl’s neighbours — where are yours?

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