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Films like Ecce Bombo.

Ecce Bombo (1978) reads as Neutral, steady, gentle comedy / drama, grounded 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.

Peeping Toms (1972) poster
1. Peeping Toms1972

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

A Wedding (1978) poster
2. A Wedding1978

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

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

Abigail's Party (1977) poster
4. Abigail's Party1977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

The Firemen's Ball (1967) poster
5. The Firemen's Ball1967

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Heartbreak Kid (1972) poster
6. The Heartbreak Kid1972

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

California Split (1974) poster
7. California Split1974

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

Hunting Flies (1969) poster
8. Hunting Flies1969

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Graduate (1967) poster
9. The Graduate1967

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

Manhattan (1979) poster
10. Manhattan1979

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Apple Game (1977) poster
11. The Apple Game1977

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Man Who Loved Women (1977) poster
12. The Man Who Loved Women1977

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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