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Films like 15.

15 (2003) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme drama / social realism, 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.

Calvaire (2004) poster
1. Calvaire2004

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

Bullet Ballet (1998) poster
2. Bullet Ballet1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Mango Yellow (2002) poster
3. Mango Yellow2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kill List (2011) poster
4. Kill List2011

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Alleluia (2014) poster
5. Alleluia2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Matchbox (2002) poster
6. Matchbox2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Princess (2006) poster
7. Princess2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Starry Eyes (2014) poster
8. Starry Eyes2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crocodile (1996) poster
9. Crocodile1996

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

Bad Guy (2001) poster
10. Bad Guy2001

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

Three... Extremes (2004) poster
11. Three... Extremes2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Kill List —repeat guard2011
12. Kill List — repeat guard2011

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are 15’s neighbours — where are yours?

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