Films like Ingrid Goes West.

Ingrid Goes West (2017) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, 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.

Noise (2007) poster
1. Noise2007

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

Not Okay (2022) poster
2. Not Okay2022

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

My Scientology Movie (2016) poster
3. My Scientology Movie2016

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

You're Killing Me Susana (2016) poster
4. You're Killing Me Susana2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (2019) poster
5. Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009) poster
6. The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kill Me Three Times (2015) poster
7. Kill Me Three Times2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

Young Adult (2011) poster
8. Young Adult2011

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

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017) poster
9. Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!2017

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

Peepli Live (2010) poster
10. Peepli Live2010

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

Thin Ice (2012) poster
11. Thin Ice2012

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

The Look of Love (2013) poster
12. The Look of Love2013

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

These are Ingrid Goes West’s neighbours — where are yours?

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