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Films like Mona Lisa.

Mona Lisa (1986) reads as Sombre, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Drugstore Cowboy (1989) poster
1. Drugstore Cowboy1989

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

Party (1984) poster
2. Party1984

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

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

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

The Theme (1979) poster
4. The Theme1979

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

Yavanika (1982) poster
5. Yavanika1982

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

The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) poster
6. The Pope of Greenwich Village1984

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

The Crying Game (1992) poster
7. The Crying Game1992

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

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

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

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998) poster
9. Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train1998

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

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) poster
10. My Beautiful Laundrette1985

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

The Constant Factor (1980) poster
11. The Constant Factor1980

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

Muhsin Bey (1987) poster
12. Muhsin Bey1987

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

These are Mona Lisa’s neighbours — where are yours?

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