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Films like Self Made.

Self Made (2014) reads as Neutral, measured, measured comedy / drama, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Biosphere (2022) poster
1. Biosphere2022

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

Unfair World (2011) poster
2. Unfair World2011

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

The Wedding Director (2006) poster
3. The Wedding Director2006

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

Apples (2020) poster
4. Apples2020

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

This Must Be the Place (2011) (2011) poster
5. This Must Be the Place2011

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

The Drama (2026) poster
6. The Drama2026

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

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

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

Spoon (2018) poster
8. Spoon2018

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

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

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006) poster
10. WWW: What a Wonderful World2006

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

The Banker (2020) poster
11. The Banker2020

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

Doppelganger (2003) poster
12. Doppelganger2003

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

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