Films like As Luck Would Have It.

As Luck Would Have It (2011) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / comedy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

The Dirties (2013) poster
1. The Dirties2013

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

Modest Reception (2012) poster
2. Modest Reception2012

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

Terribly Happy (2008) poster
3. Terribly Happy2008

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

It Was the Son (2012) poster
4. It Was the Son2012

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

Wild Tales (2014) poster
5. Wild Tales2014

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

The Predators (2020) poster
6. The Predators2020

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

Loro 1 (2018) poster
7. Loro 12018

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

Zola (2020) poster
8. Zola2020

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

Under the Tree (2017) poster
9. Under the Tree2017

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

Storytelling (2001) (2001) poster
10. Storytelling2001

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

Bamboozled (2000) poster
11. Bamboozled2000

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

Zola (2021) poster
12. Zola2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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