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Films like Tommy.

Tommy (1975) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured musical / drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Jubilee (1978) poster
1. Jubilee1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Thousand and One Nights (1969) poster
2. A Thousand and One Nights1969

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

Cleopatra (1970) poster
3. Cleopatra1970

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

West Indies (1979) poster
4. West Indies1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Heavy Traffic (1973) poster
5. Heavy Traffic1973

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) poster
6. Birds, Orphans and Fools1969

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Coonskin (1975) poster
7. Coonskin1975

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Tin Drum (1979) poster
8. The Tin Drum1979

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Tin Drum —repeat guard1979
9. The Tin Drum — repeat guard1979

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Phantasm (1979) poster
10. Phantasm1979

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Deserter and the Nomads (1968) poster
11. The Deserter and the Nomads1968

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) poster
12. Q: The Winged Serpent1982

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Tommy’s neighbours — where are yours?

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