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Films like Carnage.

Carnage (2011) reads as Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Listen Up Philip (2014) poster
1. Listen Up Philip2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Burn After Reading (2008) poster
2. Burn After Reading2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Margot at the Wedding (2007) poster
3. Margot at the Wedding2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Tales from the Golden Age (2009) poster
4. Tales from the Golden Age2009

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

The Squid and the Whale (2005) poster
5. The Squid and the Whale2005

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Shortcomings (2023) (2023) poster
6. Shortcomings2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

Red Rocket (2021) poster
7. Red Rocket2021

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

Estômago: A Gastronomic Story (2007) poster
8. Estômago: A Gastronomic Story2007

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

The Bling Ring (2013) poster
9. The Bling Ring2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Peepli Live (2010) poster
10. Peepli Live2010

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

Blue Jasmine (2013) poster
11. Blue Jasmine2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya! (2008) poster
12. George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya!2008

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

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