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Films like Performance.

Performance (1970) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / thriller, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. 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.

Arrebato (1979) poster
1. Arrebato1979

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

Fellini's Casanova (1976) poster
2. Fellini's Casanova1976

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

Casanova (1976) (1976) poster
3. Casanova1976

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

Theorem (1968) poster
4. Theorem1968

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

The Tin Drum (1979) poster
5. The Tin Drum1979

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

The Tin Drum —repeat guard1979
6. The Tin Drum — repeat guard1979

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

Images (1972) poster
7. Images1972

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

The Shout (1978) poster
8. The Shout1978

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

Persona (1966) poster
9. Persona1966

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

The Tenant (1976) (1976) poster
10. The Tenant1976

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

Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966) poster
11. Kill, Baby... Kill!1966

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

The Wicker Man (1973) (1973) poster
12. The Wicker Man1973

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

These are Performance’s neighbours — where are yours?

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