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Films like Cold Fish.

Cold Fish (2011) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme drama / thriller, surreal 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.

Cold Fish (2010) poster
1. Cold Fish2010

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

The House That Jack Built (2018) poster
2. The House That Jack Built2018

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

Nymphomaniac (2013) poster
3. Nymphomaniac2013

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Life and Death of a Porno Gang (2009) poster
4. The Life and Death of a Porno Gang2009

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

Irréversible (2002) poster
5. Irréversible2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

I Stand Alone (1998) poster
6. I Stand Alone1998

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

Kill List (2011) poster
7. Kill List2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011) poster
8. The Strange Thing About the Johnsons2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011) poster
9. The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)2011

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

Friendly Beast (2018) poster
10. Friendly Beast2018

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

The Tribe (2014) poster
11. The Tribe2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Martyrs (2008) (2008) poster
12. Martyrs2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

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