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Films like Death to 2021.

Death to 2021 (2021) reads as Neutral, kinetic, gentle comedy / tv-movie, 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.

The Players (2012) poster
1. The Players2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Let's Kill Ward's Wife (2014) poster
2. Let's Kill Ward's Wife2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a gentle temperature.

The Players (2020) poster
3. The Players2020

Keeps the gentle temperature and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Death to 2020 (2020) poster
4. Death to 20202020

Keeps the gentle temperature and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The 2 Usual Idiots (2012) poster
5. The 2 Usual Idiots2012

Keeps the gentle temperature and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Aspirante vedovo (2013) poster
6. Aspirante vedovo2013

Keeps the gentle temperature and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Estate (2022) poster
7. The Estate2022

Keeps the gentle temperature and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Not Cool (2014) poster
8. Not Cool2014

Keeps the gentle temperature and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Stromberg – The Movie (2014) poster
9. Stromberg – The Movie2014

Keeps the gentle temperature and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Ideal (2016) poster
10. The Ideal2016

Keeps the gentle temperature and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Lucky Winners (2024) poster
11. Lucky Winners2024

Keeps the gentle temperature and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009) poster
12. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell2009

Keeps the gentle temperature and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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