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Films like Pierrot le Fou.

Pierrot le Fou (1965) reads as Neutral, steady, measured drama / crime, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Tokyo Drifter (1966) poster
1. Tokyo Drifter1966

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

Made in U.S.A (1966) poster
2. Made in U.S.A1966

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

La Chinoise (1967) poster
3. La Chinoise1967

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) poster
4. The Cars That Ate Paris1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

if.... (1968) poster
5. if....1968

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Trans-Europ-Express (1966) poster
6. Trans-Europ-Express1966

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Salto (1965) poster
7. Salto1965

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) poster
8. That Obscure Object of Desire1977

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Les Carabiniers (1963) poster
9. Les Carabiniers1963

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

Breathless (1960) poster
10. Breathless1960

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Red Light Bandit (1968) poster
11. The Red Light Bandit1968

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) poster
12. I Am Curious (Yellow)1967

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

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