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Films like Gummo.

Gummo (1997) reads as Heavy, measured, measured 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.

Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) poster
1. Julien Donkey-Boy1999

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

The Idiots (1998) poster
2. The Idiots1998

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

Palindromes (2004) (2004) poster
3. Palindromes2004

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

Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie (1997) poster
4. Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie1997

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

God's Comedy (1995) poster
5. God's Comedy1995

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

Alps (2011) (2011) poster
6. Alps2011

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

Recollections of the Yellow House (1989) poster
7. Recollections of the Yellow House1989

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

Frownland (2007) poster
8. Frownland2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

The Wayward Cloud (2005) poster
9. The Wayward Cloud2005

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Of Freaks and Men (1998) poster
10. Of Freaks and Men1998

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Meeting People Is Easy (1998) (1998) poster
11. Meeting People Is Easy1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Crumb (1994) (1994) poster
12. Crumb1994

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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