Films like Kinds of Kindness.

Kinds of Kindness (2024) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / comedy, 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.

Pity (2018) poster
1. Pity2018

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

Rotting in the Sun (2023) poster
2. Rotting in the Sun2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Super Deluxe (2019) poster
3. Super Deluxe2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Dream Scenario (2023) poster
4. Dream Scenario2023

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

The Square (2017) poster
5. The Square2017

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

Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012) poster
6. Goltzius and the Pelican Company2012

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

Loro (2018) poster
7. Loro2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Triangle of Sadness (2022) poster
8. Triangle of Sadness2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Other Side of the Wind (2018) poster
9. The Other Side of the Wind2018

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

I Am Not a Witch (2017) poster
10. I Am Not a Witch2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) poster
11. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A DifferentMan — repeatguard2024
12. A Different Man — repeat guard2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a chilly detachment.

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