Films like Trans-Europ-Express.

Trans-Europ-Express (1966) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / experimental, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold. 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.

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969) poster
1. Diary of a Shinjuku Thief1969

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

Salto (1965) poster
2. Salto1965

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Tout Va Bien (1972) poster
3. Tout Va Bien1972

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

Made in U.S.A (1966) poster
4. Made in U.S.A1966

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

The Garden of Delights (1970) poster
5. The Garden of Delights1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

La Chinoise (1967) poster
6. La Chinoise1967

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

Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968) poster
7. Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed1968

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Barrier (1966) poster
8. Barrier1966

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Pierrot le Fou (1965) poster
9. Pierrot le Fou1965

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

if.... (1968) poster
10. if....1968

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Tokyo Drifter (1966) poster
11. Tokyo Drifter1966

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

Les Créatures (1966) poster
12. Les Créatures1966

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

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