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Films like Love Streams.

Love Streams (1984) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / comedy, 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.

Lola (Fassbinder) (1981) poster
1. Lola (Fassbinder)1981

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

Husbands (1970) poster
2. Husbands1970

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

To Sleep with Anger (1990) poster
3. To Sleep with Anger1990

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

Three Colors: White (1994) poster
4. Three Colors: White1994

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

After the Rehearsal (1984) poster
5. After the Rehearsal1984

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

Stroszek (1977) poster
6. Stroszek1977

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

Totally F***ed Up (1993) poster
7. Totally F***ed Up1993

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Marriageof Maria Braun— repeat guard1979
8. The Marriage of Maria Braun — repeat guard1979

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

Drugstore Cowboy (1989) poster
9. Drugstore Cowboy1989

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

An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977) poster
10. An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano1977

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

The Living End (1992) poster
11. The Living End1992

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mona Lisa (1986) poster
12. Mona Lisa1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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