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Films like Bullet Head.

Bullet Head (2017) reads as Sombre, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded 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.

The Ruthless (2019) poster
1. The Ruthless2019

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

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) poster
2. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom2020

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

The Last Will Be the Last (2015) poster
3. The Last Will Be the Last2015

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

Chicuarotes (2019) poster
4. Chicuarotes2019

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

The Show (2017) poster
5. The Show2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hyena (2010) poster
6. Hyena2010

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

600 Miles (2015) poster
7. 600 Miles2015

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

Gotti (2018) poster
8. Gotti2018

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

The Boys in the Band (2020) poster
9. The Boys in the Band2020

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

The Pool (2018) poster
10. The Pool2018

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

The Most Hated Woman in America (2017) poster
11. The Most Hated Woman in America2017

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

The Manslayer (2017) poster
12. The Manslayer2017

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

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