Films like Take the Money and Run.

Take the Money and Run (1969) reads as Warm, breathless, gentle comedy / crime, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

The Twelve Chairs (1971) poster
1. The Twelve Chairs1971

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) poster
2. The Return of the Pink Panther1975

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Used Cars (1980) poster
3. Used Cars1980

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Greetings (1968) poster
4. Greetings1968

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a running vein of humour.

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) poster
5. The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe1972

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964) poster
6. Welcome, or No Trespassing1964

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Blazing Saddles (1974) poster
7. Blazing Saddles1974

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965) poster
8. The Knack ...and How to Get It1965

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Front Page (1974) poster
9. The Front Page1974

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Cipolla Colt (1975) poster
10. Cipolla Colt1975

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Death of a Bureaucrat (1966) poster
11. Death of a Bureaucrat1966

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

I'm All Right Jack (1959) poster
12. I'm All Right Jack1959

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

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