Films like The Missouri Breaks.

The Missouri Breaks (1976) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured western / revisionist, 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.

The Worthless (1982) poster
1. The Worthless1982

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

The Human Bullet (1968) poster
2. The Human Bullet1968

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

The Hit (1984) poster
3. The Hit1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Bordello (1985) poster
4. Bordello1985

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

Black Rose Mansion (1969) poster
5. Black Rose Mansion1969

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Love and Anarchy (1973) poster
6. Love and Anarchy1973

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

Women in Love (1969) poster
7. Women in Love1969

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

The Specialists (1969) poster
8. The Specialists1969

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

Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) poster
9. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean1982

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

La Luna (1979) poster
10. La Luna1979

Keeps the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Silent Stranger (1968) poster
11. The Silent Stranger1968

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a heightened unreality.

The Return of the Prodigal Son (1976) poster
12. The Return of the Prodigal Son1976

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

These are The Missouri Breaks’s neighbours — where are yours?

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