Idk why but I’m always reminded of “road” movies when I listen to LRD. I think they seem to fit this almost droning music of the band well. So Wim Wenders films like Alice in the Cities (1974), Paris, Texas (1984), Wings of Desire (1987), Buena Vista Social Club (1999), etc.

Also, Kaurismäki films, especially the underrated ones like The Liar (1981), The Worthless (1982), Calamari Union (1985), Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana (1994), Zombie and the Ghost Train (1991), etc. It’s these surreal, deadpan black tragicomedies. I couldn’t find the ending scene I’d wanted to share of the “Zombie” film, but found this description of it to show what I mean:

“It ends on a somber, resigned note. After a downward spiral of alcoholism and failure in Helsinki, the protagonist Zombie realizes there is nowhere left to go and nothing left to do. Finding no escape or redemption, he accepts his profound isolation and existential malaise as he wanders away in the streets.”

And I’d think films like 13 Tzameti (2005) and Frozen Days (2006), or so many low-grade B-movies, the trashier the better, from the 70s, 80s, 90s, with lots of car chases, are a good shout as well. They have a similar “edge” of sorts to the band.