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Films like Bleeder.

Bleeder (1999) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme crime / 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.

Rainy Dog (1997) poster
1. Rainy Dog1997

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

See the Sea (1997) poster
2. See the Sea1997

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

Sons (1996) poster
3. Sons1996

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

Blue Spring (2001) poster
4. Blue Spring2001

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

Fools (1997) poster
5. Fools1997

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

Lies (1999) poster
6. Lies1999

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bad Guy (2001) poster
7. Bad Guy2001

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

Soul Kicking (2006) poster
8. Soul Kicking2006

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

The Dead Mother (1993) poster
9. The Dead Mother1993

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

Wild Animals (1997) poster
10. Wild Animals1997

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

Dumplings (2004) poster
11. Dumplings2004

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

Dark Night (2004) poster
12. Dark Night2004

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

These are Bleeder’s neighbours — where are yours?

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