Films like Even Dwarfs Started Small.

Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) reads as Heavy, steady, measured drama / surreal, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. 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.

Scorpio Rising (1963) poster
1. Scorpio Rising1963

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

The Tenant (1976) (1976) poster
2. The Tenant1976

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

The Cremator (1969) poster
3. The Cremator1969

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

Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1969) poster
4. Killed the Family and Went to the Movies1969

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

Matango (1963) (1963) poster
5. Matango1963

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

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964) poster
6. At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul1964

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) (1969) poster
7. Horrors of Malformed Men1969

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Insect Woman (1972) poster
8. Insect Woman1972

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

The Wicker Man (1973) (1973) poster
9. The Wicker Man1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Branded to Kill (1967) poster
10. Branded to Kill1967

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

Phantasm (1979) poster
11. Phantasm1979

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

El Topo (1970) poster
12. El Topo1970

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

These are Even Dwarfs Started Small’s neighbours — where are yours?

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