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Films like Lost Highway.

Lost Highway (1997) reads as Heavy, measured, measured thriller / 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.

The Baby of Mâcon (1993) poster
1. The Baby of Mâcon1993

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

Naked Lunch (1991) poster
2. Naked Lunch1991

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

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) poster
3. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me1992

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

Gozu (2003) (2003) poster
4. Gozu2003

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

Blue Velvet (1986) poster
5. Blue Velvet1986

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

4 (Khrzhanovsky) (2004) poster
6. 4 (Khrzhanovsky)2004

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

Crash (Cronenberg) (1996) poster
7. Crash (Cronenberg)1996

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

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006) poster
8. Big Bang Love, Juvenile A2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Strange Circus (2005) poster
9. Strange Circus2005

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) poster
10. Beyond the Black Rainbow2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Santa Sangre (1989) poster
11. Santa Sangre1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Videodrome (1983) poster
12. Videodrome1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Lost Highway’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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