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Films like Dark Habits.

Dark Habits (1983) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Sweet Dreams (1981) poster
1. Sweet Dreams1981

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

Palombella Rossa (1989) poster
2. Palombella Rossa1989

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

The Family Game (1983) poster
3. The Family Game1983

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

Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976) poster
4. Buffalo Bill and the Indians1976

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

Bianca (1984) poster
5. Bianca1984

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

Shadows and Fog (1991) poster
6. Shadows and Fog1991

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

Mama Turns 100 (1979) poster
7. Mama Turns 1001979

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

What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) poster
8. What Have I Done to Deserve This?1984

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

Jamón Jamón (1992) poster
9. Jamón Jamón1992

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

Stardust Memories (1980) poster
10. Stardust Memories1980

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

The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983) poster
11. The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun1983

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

Strongman Ferdinand (1976) poster
12. Strongman Ferdinand1976

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

These are Dark Habits’s neighbours — where are yours?

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