Films like The Death of Dick Long.

The Death of Dick Long (2019) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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 Sweet East (2023) poster
1. The Sweet East2023

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

Plastic Guns (2024) poster
2. Plastic Guns2024

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

Men & Chicken (2015) poster
3. Men & Chicken2015

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

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

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

The Favourite (2018) poster
5. The Favourite2018

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

Handsome Guys (2024) poster
6. Handsome Guys2024

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

Dream Scenario (2023) poster
7. Dream Scenario2023

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

Triangle of Sadness (re-pass) (2022) poster
8. Triangle of Sadness (re-pass)2022

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

The Last Days of Emma Blank (2009) poster
9. The Last Days of Emma Blank2009

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

The Voices (2014) poster
10. The Voices2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Yannick (2023) poster
11. Yannick2023

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

Schneider vs. Bax (2015) poster
12. Schneider vs. Bax2015

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

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