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Films like Drop Dead Sexy.

Drop Dead Sexy (2005) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Cougars, Inc. (2011) poster
1. Cougars, Inc.2011

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

Miss Nobody (2010) poster
2. Miss Nobody2010

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

The Red Inn (2007) poster
3. The Red Inn2007

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

Kolpaçino (2009) poster
4. Kolpaçino2009

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

King's Ransom (2005) poster
5. King's Ransom2005

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Just Buried (2007) poster
6. Just Buried2007

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

Lucky (2011) poster
7. Lucky2011

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

I-See-You.com (2006) poster
8. I-See-You.com2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Better Living Through Chemistry (2014) poster
9. Better Living Through Chemistry2014

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

Serious Moonlight (2009) poster
10. Serious Moonlight2009

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

Virgin Territory (2007) poster
11. Virgin Territory2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom (2012) poster
12. 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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