Films like Kentucky Fried Movie.

Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) reads as Warm, breathless, gentle comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) poster
1. What's Up, Tiger Lily?1966

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Silent Movie (1976) poster
2. Silent Movie1976

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a deep human warmth.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972) poster
3. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex1972

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Bananas (1971) poster
4. Bananas1971

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) poster
5. The Little Shop of Horrors1960

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Take the Money and Run (1969) poster
6. Take the Money and Run1969

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Used Cars (1980) poster
7. Used Cars1980

Keeps the running vein of humour and the gentle temperature; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Greetings (1968) poster
8. Greetings1968

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Dolemite (1975) poster
9. Dolemite1975

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the airy, open telling; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) poster
10. Carry On Up the Khyber1968

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959) poster
11. The Immoral Mr. Teas1959

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a running vein of humour.

The Pencil (1981) poster
12. The Pencil1981

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a deep human warmth.

These are Kentucky Fried Movie’s neighbours — where are yours?

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