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Films like The Brain.

The Brain (1969) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured crime / comedy, grounded 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.

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) poster
1. The Pink Panther Strikes Again1976

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

Pink Flamingos (1976) poster
2. Pink Flamingos1976

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

Police Academy (1984) poster
3. Police Academy1984

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

Crooks in Clover (1963) poster
4. Crooks in Clover1963

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

Our Man in Havana (1959) poster
5. Our Man in Havana1959

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

M*A*S*H (1970) poster
6. M*A*S*H1970

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

The League of Gentlemen (1960) poster
7. The League of Gentlemen1960

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

Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) poster
8. Police Academy 3: Back in Training1986

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

The Hot Rock (1972) poster
9. The Hot Rock1972

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

Gumshoe (1971) poster
10. Gumshoe1971

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

The Tiger Likes Fresh Blood (1964) poster
11. The Tiger Likes Fresh Blood1964

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987) poster
12. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol1987

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

These are The Brain’s neighbours — where are yours?

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