Films like For a Few Dollars Less.

For a Few Dollars Less (1966) reads as Warm, breathless, measured comedy / parody, 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.

They Call Him Cemetery (1971) poster
1. They Call Him Cemetery1971

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

And Now... Make Your Peace with God (1972) poster
2. And Now... Make Your Peace with God1972

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ben and Charlie (1972) poster
3. Ben and Charlie1972

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) poster
4. Cotton Comes to Harlem1970

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Seven Guns for the MacGregors (1966) poster
5. Seven Guns for the MacGregors1966

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Seven Women for the MacGregors (1967) poster
6. Seven Women for the MacGregors1967

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Thanasi, Take Your Gun (1972) poster
7. Thanasi, Take Your Gun1972

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cipolla Colt (1975) poster
8. Cipolla Colt1975

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

Cat Ballou (1965) poster
9. Cat Ballou1965

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Stir Crazy (1980) poster
10. Stir Crazy1980

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi? (1971) poster
11. What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi?1971

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (1968) poster
12. A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof1968

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

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