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Films like Liquid Sky.

Liquid Sky (1982) reads as Sombre, steady, measured sci-fi / drama, surreal 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.

Fellini's Casanova (1976) poster
1. Fellini's Casanova1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Tin Drum (1979) poster
2. The Tin Drum1979

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Tin Drum —repeat guard1979
3. The Tin Drum — repeat guard1979

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Jubilee (1978) poster
4. Jubilee1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Performance (1970) (1970) poster
5. Performance1970

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Phantasm (1979) poster
6. Phantasm1979

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

In the Light of the King's Love (1990) poster
7. In the Light of the King's Love1990

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

Phenomena (1985) poster
8. Phenomena1985

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) poster
9. A Zed & Two Noughts1985

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Santa Sangre (1989) poster
10. Santa Sangre1989

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Casanova (1976) (1976) poster
11. Casanova1976

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) poster
12. The Man Who Fell to Earth1976

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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