Films like In China They Eat Dogs.

In China They Eat Dogs (1999) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured comedy / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. 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.

Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) poster
1. Grosse Pointe Blank1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Citizen, Detective and Thief (2001) poster
2. Citizen, Detective and Thief2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Opposite of Sex (1998) poster
3. The Opposite of Sex1998

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Throw Momma from the Train (1987) poster
4. Throw Momma from the Train1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bring It On (2000) poster
5. Bring It On2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Next Friday (2000) poster
6. Next Friday2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bad Santa (2003) poster
7. Bad Santa2003

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) poster
8. Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Benchwarmers (2006) poster
9. The Benchwarmers2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Get Shorty (1995) poster
10. Get Shorty1995

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Guys from Paradise (2000) poster
11. The Guys from Paradise2000

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Crush and Blush (2008) poster
12. Crush and Blush2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are In China They Eat Dogs’s neighbours — where are yours?

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