Films like Orderly or Disorderly.

Orderly or Disorderly (1981) reads as Neutral, steady, gentle short / kanun, 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.

The Aviator's Wife (1981) poster
1. The Aviator's Wife1981

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

A Good Marriage (1982) poster
2. A Good Marriage1982

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

The Unbelievable Truth (1989) poster
3. The Unbelievable Truth1989

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

The Man Who Loved Women (1977) poster
4. The Man Who Loved Women1977

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

Ecce Bombo (1978) poster
5. Ecce Bombo1978

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

In the Soup (1992) poster
6. In the Soup1992

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

The Apple Game (1977) poster
7. The Apple Game1977

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

A Wedding (1978) poster
8. A Wedding1978

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Trust (1990) poster
9. Trust1990

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

Nuts in May (1976) poster
10. Nuts in May1976

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987) poster
11. Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle1987

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

Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987) poster
12. Boyfriends and Girlfriends1987

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

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