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Films like Going Places.

Going Places (1974) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, inventive 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.

Swept Away (1974) poster
1. Swept Away1974

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

The Hospital (1971) poster
2. The Hospital1971

Keeps the heightened unreality and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Prizzi's Honor (1985) poster
3. Prizzi's Honor1985

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

A Very Curious Girl (1969) poster
4. A Very Curious Girl1969

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Hunting Flies (1969) poster
5. Hunting Flies1969

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

The Seduction of Mimi (1972) poster
6. The Seduction of Mimi1972

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

Big Eyes (1974) poster
7. Big Eyes1974

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

Kill! (1968) poster
8. Kill!1968

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

Peeping Toms (1972) poster
9. Peeping Toms1972

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

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Seduced and Abandoned (1964) poster
11. Seduced and Abandoned1964

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Hi, Mom! (1970) poster
12. Hi, Mom!1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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