FilmsGreen FishLike this

Films like Green Fish.

Green Fish (1997) reads as Heavy, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Lamerica (1994) poster
1. Lamerica1994

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

Journey to the Sun (1999) poster
2. Journey to the Sun1999

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

Under the Skin of the City (2001) poster
3. Under the Skin of the City2001

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

Khamosh Pani (2003) poster
4. Khamosh Pani2003

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

Carandiru (2003) poster
5. Carandiru2003

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

Summer Palace (2006) poster
6. Summer Palace2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Once There Were Seven Simeons (1989) poster
7. Once There Were Seven Simeons1989

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

Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998) poster
8. Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa1998

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

25th Hour (2002) poster
9. 25th Hour2002

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

25th Hour (Lee) — re-pass (2002) poster
10. 25th Hour (Lee) — re-pass2002

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

Time Out (2001) poster
11. Time Out2001

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

Leila (1997) poster
12. Leila1997

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

These are Green Fish’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →