FilmsSpettersLike this

Films like Spetters.

Spetters (1980) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured youth / drama, 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.

Coffy (1973) poster
1. Coffy1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Quadrophenia (1979) poster
2. Quadrophenia1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Hit (1984) poster
3. The Hit1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Tea House (1974) poster
4. The Tea House1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Disciples of Shaolin (1975) poster
5. Disciples of Shaolin1975

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The New Shaolin Boxers (1976) poster
6. The New Shaolin Boxers1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Keetje Tippel (1975) poster
7. Keetje Tippel1975

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Taxi Blues (1990) poster
8. Taxi Blues1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Rebel Intruders (1980) poster
9. The Rebel Intruders1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Switchblade Sisters (1975) poster
10. Switchblade Sisters1975

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sudden Impact (1983) poster
11. Sudden Impact1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Police Force (1973) poster
12. Police Force1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Spetters’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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