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Films like City of Women.

City of Women (1980) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / fantasy, surreal 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.

House (1977) (1977) poster
1. House1977

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

Lilies of the Field (1972) poster
2. Lilies of the Field1972

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

The Milky Way (1969) poster
3. The Milky Way1969

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

The Voice of the Moon (1990) poster
4. The Voice of the Moon1990

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Coonskin (1975) poster
5. Coonskin1975

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Cleopatra (1970) poster
6. Cleopatra1970

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

Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) poster
7. Case for a Rookie Hangman1970

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

The Kingdom (1994) poster
8. The Kingdom1994

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hausu (1977) poster
9. Hausu1977

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Macunaíma (1969) poster
10. Macunaíma1969

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988) poster
11. Tales from the Gimli Hospital1988

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Phantom of the Paradise (1974) poster
12. Phantom of the Paradise1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

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