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Films like Palindromes.

Palindromes (2004) reads as Heavy, 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.

The Idiots (1998) poster
1. The Idiots1998

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

Gummo (1997) poster
2. Gummo1997

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

Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) poster
3. Julien Donkey-Boy1999

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

Alps (2011) (2011) poster
4. Alps2011

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
5. 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.

Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie (1997) poster
6. Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie1997

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Taxidermia (2006) (2006) poster
7. Taxidermia2006

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

Crumb (1994) (1994) poster
8. Crumb1994

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

The Asthenic Syndrome (1989) poster
9. The Asthenic Syndrome1989

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

Elle (2016) (2016) poster
10. Elle2016

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

Nightwatching (2007) poster
11. Nightwatching2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Three Stories (1997) poster
12. Three Stories1997

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

These are Palindromes’s neighbours — where are yours?

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