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Films like Baghead.

Baghead (2008) reads as Sombre, steady, measured comedy / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Running with Scissors (2006) poster
1. Running with Scissors2006

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

Unfair World (2011) poster
2. Unfair World2011

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

Full Frontal (2002) poster
3. Full Frontal2002

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) poster
4. Barking Dogs Never Bite2000

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

Mushrooming (2012) poster
5. Mushrooming2012

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

American Splendor (2003) poster
6. American Splendor2003

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

Louise-Michel (2008) poster
7. Louise-Michel2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Dressmaker (2015) poster
8. The Dressmaker2015

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

Special (2006) poster
9. Special2006

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

When We Are All Asleep (2009) poster
10. When We Are All Asleep2009

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

Estômago (2007) poster
11. Estômago2007

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

Marshal (1999) poster
12. Marshal1999

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

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