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Films like The Tuner.

The Tuner (2004) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / crime, inventive 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.

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) poster
1. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai1999

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

Nightwatching (2007) poster
2. Nightwatching2007

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

The Square (2017) poster
3. The Square2017

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

The Ruination of Men (2000) poster
4. The Ruination of Men2000

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

Barton Fink (1991) poster
5. Barton Fink1991

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

Reality (Garrone 2) (2012) poster
6. Reality (Garrone 2)2012

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

The Great Beauty (2013) poster
7. The Great Beauty2013

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

God's Comedy (1995) poster
8. God's Comedy1995

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

Bamboozled (2000) poster
9. Bamboozled2000

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

Crumb (1994) (1994) poster
10. Crumb1994

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

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

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

God's Wedding (1999) poster
12. God's Wedding1999

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

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