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Films like Kontroll.

Kontroll (2003) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

La Comunidad (2000) poster
1. La Comunidad2000

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Nô (1998) poster
2. 1998

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

The Sword Identity (2011) poster
3. The Sword Identity2011

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Velvet Goldmine (1998) (1998) poster
4. Velvet Goldmine1998

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

Traps (1998) poster
5. Traps1998

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

Kuldesak (1998) poster
6. Kuldesak1998

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

Karmen Geï (2001) poster
7. Karmen Geï2001

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

American Splendor (2003) poster
8. American Splendor2003

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

Bamboozled (2000) poster
9. Bamboozled2000

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

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017) poster
10. I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore2017

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Estômago (2007) poster
11. Estômago2007

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

Dev.D (2009) poster
12. Dev.D2009

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

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