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Films like CBGB.

CBGB (2013) reads as Neutral, kinetic, gentle drama / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

One for the Money (2012) poster
1. One for the Money2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Loosies (2012) poster
2. Loosies2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Coin Heist (2017) poster
3. Coin Heist2017

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

QT8: The First Eight (2019) poster
4. QT8: The First Eight2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Escort (2015) poster
5. The Escort2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lying and Stealing (2019) poster
6. Lying and Stealing2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Deal (2008) poster
7. Deal2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Finding Steve McQueen (2019) poster
8. Finding Steve McQueen2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Invitation to a Murder (2023) poster
9. Invitation to a Murder2023

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life (2017) poster
10. Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life2017

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Money Heist: The Phenomenon (2020) poster
11. Money Heist: The Phenomenon2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Georgia Rule (2007) poster
12. Georgia Rule2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are CBGB’s neighbours — where are yours?

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