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Films like Meantime.

Meantime (1983) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / british, 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.

Looks and Smiles (1981) poster
1. Looks and Smiles1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Gamekeeper (1980) poster
2. The Gamekeeper1980

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

Graduate First (1978) poster
3. Graduate First1978

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

Van Gogh (1991) poster
4. Van Gogh1991

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

The Report (1977) poster
5. The Report1977

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

À Nos Amours (1983) poster
6. À Nos Amours1983

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

The Traveler (1974) poster
7. The Traveler1974

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

Fat City (1972) poster
8. Fat City1972

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

The Last Picture Show (1971) poster
9. The Last Picture Show1971

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

A Hora da Estrela (1985) poster
10. A Hora da Estrela1985

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

Fellow Citizen (1983) poster
11. Fellow Citizen1983

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

Loulou (1980) poster
12. Loulou1980

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

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