Films like Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn.

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021) reads as Sombre, steady, measured comedy / drama, 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.

Sick of Myself (2022) poster
1. Sick of Myself2022

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

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

The Favourite (2018) poster
3. The Favourite2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

The Favourite (re-pass) (2018) poster
4. The Favourite (re-pass)2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Seven Psychopaths (2012) poster
6. Seven Psychopaths2012

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the running vein of humour; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Birdman (2014) poster
7. Birdman2014

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

Plastic Guns (2024) poster
8. Plastic Guns2024

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the running vein of humour; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Burn After Reading (2008) poster
9. Burn After Reading2008

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the running vein of humour; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Playing the Victim (2006) poster
10. Playing the Victim2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a running vein of humour.

The Art of Self-Defense (2019) poster
11. The Art of Self-Defense2019

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a running vein of humour.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the running vein of humour; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’s neighbours — where are yours?

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