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Films like Bully.

Bully (2011) reads as Heavy, measured, measured documentary / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Frontera (2014) poster
1. Frontera2014

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

Boy Erased (2018) poster
2. Boy Erased2018

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

All Our Desires (2011) poster
3. All Our Desires2011

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

Camp X-Ray (2014) poster
4. Camp X-Ray2014

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

One of Us (2017) poster
5. One of Us2017

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

The Railway Man (2013) poster
6. The Railway Man2013

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

Rosewater (2014) poster
7. Rosewater2014

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

The Innocents (2016) poster
8. The Innocents2016

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

A Thousand Times Good Night (2013) poster
9. A Thousand Times Good Night2013

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

Wildlike (2015) poster
10. Wildlike2015

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

American Woman (2018) poster
11. American Woman2018

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

Oranges and Sunshine (2010) poster
12. Oranges and Sunshine2010

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

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