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Films like Striptease.

Striptease (1996) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Intolerable Cruelty (2003) poster
1. Intolerable Cruelty2003

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) poster
2. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood1996

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Longest Yard (2005) poster
3. The Longest Yard2005

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

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) poster
4. Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult1994

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Thank You for Smoking (2005) (2005) poster
5. Thank You for Smoking2005

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) poster
6. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear1991

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Little Man (2006) poster
7. Little Man2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

War Dogs (2016) poster
8. War Dogs2016

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

My Cousin Vinny (1992) poster
9. My Cousin Vinny1992

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a running vein of humour.

California Dreamin' (2007) poster
10. California Dreamin'2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a running vein of humour.

The Ladykillers (2004) poster
11. The Ladykillers2004

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

Two Hands (1999) poster
12. Two Hands1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a running vein of humour.

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