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Films like The Gunfighter.

The Gunfighter (2014) reads as Warm, breathless, measured comedy / western, 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.

Borat (2006) poster
1. Borat2006

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

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) poster
2. Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story2005

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

Italiano medio (2015) poster
3. Italiano medio2015

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

Omicidio all'italiana (2017) poster
4. Omicidio all'italiana2017

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

New Kids Turbo (2010) poster
5. New Kids Turbo2010

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

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005) poster
6. Jiminy Glick in Lalawood2005

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

Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington (2011) poster
7. Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington2011

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

Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï (2022) poster
8. Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï2022

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

Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon (2021) poster
9. Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon2021

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

South Park the Streaming Wars (2022) poster
10. South Park the Streaming Wars2022

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

The Woman in the Septic Tank (2011) poster
11. The Woman in the Septic Tank2011

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

Jacky in the Kingdom of Women (2014) poster
12. Jacky in the Kingdom of Women2014

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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