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Films like Bully.

Bully (2001) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme crime / drama, grounded 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.

Kids (1995) poster
1. Kids1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Horseman (2008) poster
2. The Horseman2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

R (2010) poster
3. R2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Russia 88 (2009) poster
4. Russia 882009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wolf Creek (2005) poster
5. Wolf Creek2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Klip (2012) poster
6. Klip2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Heaven Knows What (2015) poster
7. Heaven Knows What2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Seven Days (2010) poster
8. Seven Days2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

Keeps the heightened unreality and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Pusher III (2005) poster
10. Pusher III2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Nadie te ve: La niña en la piedra (2007) poster
11. Nadie te ve: La niña en la piedra2007

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

Blind Mountain (2007) poster
12. Blind Mountain2007

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

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