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Films like A Cool Fish.

A Cool Fish (2018) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, 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.

Mr & Mme Adelman (2017) poster
1. Mr & Mme Adelman2017

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

The Nice Guys — re-pass (2016) poster
2. The Nice Guys — re-pass2016

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

Angamaly Diaries (2017) poster
3. Angamaly Diaries2017

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

Like Crazy (2016) poster
4. Like Crazy2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Supersonic (2016, Oasis) (2016) poster
5. Supersonic (2016, Oasis)2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Dying to Survive (2018) poster
6. Dying to Survive2018

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

Ishqiya (2010) poster
7. Ishqiya2010

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

Zinda Bhaag (2013) poster
8. Zinda Bhaag2013

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

The Weasels' Tale (2019) poster
9. The Weasels' Tale2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A World Without Thieves (2004) poster
10. A World Without Thieves2004

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

Hit Man (Linklater) (2023) poster
11. Hit Man (Linklater)2023

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Gentlemen (2019) poster
12. The Gentlemen2019

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

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