Films like Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!.

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, 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.

What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) poster
1. What Have I Done to Deserve This?1984

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

Law of Desire (1987) poster
2. Law of Desire1987

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

High Heels (1991) poster
3. High Heels1991

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

Keep Cool (1997) poster
4. Keep Cool1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Irma Vep (1996) (1996) poster
5. Irma Vep1996

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

Kinfolk (1981) poster
6. Kinfolk1981

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

Henry Fool (1997) poster
7. Henry Fool1997

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

The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983) poster
8. The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun1983

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Muriel's Wedding (1994) poster
9. Muriel's Wedding1994

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

Calamity (1981) poster
10. Calamity1981

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

Dark Habits (1983) poster
11. Dark Habits1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

American Splendor (2003) poster
12. American Splendor2003

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

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