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Films like Mr. Naive.

Mr. Naive (1970) reads as Neutral, steady, measured satire / city, 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.

Funny Old Man (1969) poster
1. Funny Old Man1969

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

Alice's Restaurant (1969) poster
2. Alice's Restaurant1969

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

Unfinished Business (1977) poster
3. Unfinished Business1977

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

The Last Detail (1973) poster
4. The Last Detail1973

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

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) poster
5. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz1974

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Big Eyes (1974) poster
6. Big Eyes1974

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

Peeping Toms (1972) poster
7. Peeping Toms1972

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

Cool Hand Luke (1967) poster
8. Cool Hand Luke1967

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

Autumn Marathon (1979) poster
9. Autumn Marathon1979

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

My Uncle Antoine (1971) poster
10. My Uncle Antoine1971

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

Atlantic City (1980) poster
11. Atlantic City1980

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

The Village on the River (1958) poster
12. The Village on the River1958

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

These are Mr. Naive’s neighbours — where are yours?

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