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Films like Faces.

Faces (1968) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama, grounded 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.

Opening Night (1977) poster
1. Opening Night1977

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

Padatik (1973) poster
2. Padatik1973

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

Husbands (1970) poster
3. Husbands1970

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

Opening Night(1977) —repeat guard1977
4. Opening Night (1977) — repeat guard1977

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

The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971) poster
5. The Merchant of Four Seasons1971

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

Knife in the Water (1962) poster
6. Knife in the Water1962

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

Fox and His Friends (1975) poster
7. Fox and His Friends1975

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

Les Bonnes Femmes (1960) poster
8. Les Bonnes Femmes1960

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

Pale Flower (1964) poster
9. Pale Flower1964

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

The Killing ofa ChineseBookie — repeat guard1976
10. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie — repeat guard1976

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

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) poster
11. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie1976

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

The Mother andthe Whore —repeat guard1973
12. The Mother and the Whore — repeat guard1973

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

These are Faces’s neighbours — where are yours?

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