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Films like Birdshot.

Birdshot (2016) reads as Heavy, measured, measured thriller / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Song Without a Name (2019) poster
1. Song Without a Name2019

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

The Rooftops (2013) poster
2. The Rooftops2013

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

Araf: Somewhere in Between (2012) poster
3. Araf: Somewhere in Between2012

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

The Looming Storm (2017) poster
4. The Looming Storm2017

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

Beyond the Mountains and Hills (2016) poster
5. Beyond the Mountains and Hills2016

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

Ghost Hunting (2017) poster
6. Ghost Hunting2017

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

Clair Obscur (2016) poster
7. Clair Obscur2016

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

That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010) poster
8. That Girl in Yellow Boots2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

House of Tolerance (2011) poster
9. House of Tolerance2011

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

Sweet Country (2018) poster
10. Sweet Country2018

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

Paulina (2015) poster
11. Paulina2015

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

Isaac (2019) poster
12. Isaac2019

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

These are Birdshot’s neighbours — where are yours?

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