Films like Throw Momma from the Train.

Throw Momma from the Train (1987) reads as Warm, breathless, measured black-comedy / parody, 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.

Ruthless People (1986) poster
1. Ruthless People1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wise Guys (1986) poster
2. Wise Guys1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — 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.

Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) poster
4. Grosse Pointe Blank1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) poster
5. Just Tell Me What You Want1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

In China They Eat Dogs (1999) poster
6. In China They Eat Dogs1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Porky's (1981) poster
7. Porky's1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Terrorism and Kebab (1992) poster
8. Terrorism and Kebab1992

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

Stir Crazy (1980) poster
9. Stir Crazy1980

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

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Carlota Joaquina (1995) poster
11. Carlota Joaquina1995

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Soapdish (1991) poster
12. Soapdish1991

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Throw Momma from the Train’s neighbours — where are yours?

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