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Films like Graduate First.

Graduate First (1978) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / youth, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Thieves Like Us (1974) poster
1. Thieves Like Us1974

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

Conversation Piece (1974) poster
2. Conversation Piece1974

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

Loulou (1980) poster
3. Loulou1980

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

Naked Childhood (1968) poster
4. Naked Childhood1968

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

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) poster
5. Two-Lane Blacktop1971

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

À Nos Amours (1983) poster
6. À Nos Amours1983

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

Kes (1969) poster
7. Kes1969

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

The Last Picture Show (1971) poster
8. The Last Picture Show1971

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

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) poster
9. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul1974

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

The Middle of the World (1974) (1974) poster
10. The Middle of the World1974

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

27 Down (1974) poster
11. 27 Down1974

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

One's Own Choice (1972) poster
12. One's Own Choice1972

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

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