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Films like Dogtooth.

Dogtooth (2009) reads as Heavy, measured, extreme drama, 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.

The Neon Demon (2016) poster
1. The Neon Demon2016

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

Gozu (2003) (2003) poster
2. Gozu2003

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

We Are the Flesh (2016) poster
3. We Are the Flesh2016

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

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) poster
4. The Killing of a Sacred Deer2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (re-pass) (2017) poster
5. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (re-pass)2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

4 (2004) poster
6. 42004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Dogville (2003) poster
7. Dogville2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Cure (1997) (1997) poster
8. Cure1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Taxidermia (2006) (2006) poster
9. Taxidermia2006

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Crash (1996) (1996) poster
10. Crash1996

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

Saint Maud (2019) (2019) poster
11. Saint Maud2019

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

Hard to Be a God (2013) poster
12. Hard to Be a God2013

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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