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Films like Kaboom.

Kaboom (2010) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / sci-fi, surreal 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.

The People's Joker (2022) poster
1. The People's Joker2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Waiter (2006) poster
2. Waiter2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wild Grass (2009) poster
3. Wild Grass2009

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Swiss Army Man (2016) poster
4. Swiss Army Man2016

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

Rocks in My Pockets (2014) poster
5. Rocks in My Pockets2014

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

Skins (2017) poster
6. Skins2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Life of Riley (2014) poster
7. Life of Riley2014

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

The Science of Sleep (2006) poster
8. The Science of Sleep2006

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

Incredible But True (2022) poster
9. Incredible But True2022

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

Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter (2022) poster
10. Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter2022

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

Birth (2009) poster
11. Birth2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Rubber (2010) poster
12. Rubber2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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