FilmsState of GraceLike this

Films like State of Grace.

State of Grace (1990) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme gangster / hells-kitchen, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Gangs (1988) poster
1. Gangs1988

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Running Out of Time (1994) poster
2. Running Out of Time1994

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dead Presidents (1995) poster
3. Dead Presidents1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Taxi (1996) poster
4. Taxi1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996) poster
5. Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Amantes (1991) poster
6. Amantes1991

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Outrage (1993) poster
7. Outrage1993

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Q & A (1990) poster
8. Q & A1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Parinda (1989) poster
9. Parinda1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

An Important Man's Wife (1987) poster
10. An Important Man's Wife1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Chandni Bar (2001) poster
11. Chandni Bar2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beat (1997) poster
12. Beat1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are State of Grace’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.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →