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Films like Abracadabra.

Abracadabra (2017) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / supernatural, inventive 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.

Scare Me (2020) poster
1. Scare Me2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Waiter (2006) poster
2. Waiter2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Happily (2021) poster
3. Happily2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Sweet East (2023) poster
4. The Sweet East2023

Keeps the chilly detachment and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a heightened unreality.

When We Are All Asleep (2009) poster
5. When We Are All Asleep2009

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Double (2014) poster
6. The Double2014

Keeps the chilly detachment and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Life of Riley (2014) poster
7. Life of Riley2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Jacky in the Kingdom of Women (2014) poster
8. Jacky in the Kingdom of Women2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Incredible But True (2022) poster
9. Incredible But True2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Wave (2019) poster
10. The Wave2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Voices (2014) poster
11. The Voices2014

Keeps the chilly detachment and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Jews (2016) poster
12. The Jews2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

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