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Films like Kansas City.

Kansas City (1996) reads as Sombre, steady, measured crime / drama, 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.

The Flower of Evil (2003) poster
1. The Flower of Evil2003

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

Bezness (1992) poster
2. Bezness1992

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

Great Expectations (1998) (1998) poster
3. Great Expectations1998

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

Masques (1987) poster
4. Masques1987

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

Highway Patrolman (1991) poster
5. Highway Patrolman1991

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

Blues Harp (1998) poster
6. Blues Harp1998

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

A Girl Cut in Two (2007) poster
7. A Girl Cut in Two2007

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

The Making of Steel (1997) poster
8. The Making of Steel1997

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

Miss Nobody (1996) poster
9. Miss Nobody1996

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

Weekend Lover (1995) poster
10. Weekend Lover1995

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

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998) poster
11. Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train1998

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

Chihwaseon (2002) poster
12. Chihwaseon2002

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

These are Kansas City’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.

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