Films like Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008) reads as Neutral, kinetic, gentle documentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord (2021) poster
1. Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord2021

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

The Conquest (2011) poster
2. The Conquest2011

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

The Unbelievers (2013) poster
3. The Unbelievers2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Deep Web (2015) poster
4. Deep Web2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Last Time (2006) poster
5. The Last Time2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

August (2008) poster
6. August2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

King of Thieves (2018) poster
7. King of Thieves2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a clean studio craft.

Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) poster
8. Our Brand Is Crisis2015

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

The Easy Way (2008) poster
9. The Easy Way2008

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

Soulless (2012) poster
10. Soulless2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Bel Ami (2012) poster
11. Bel Ami2012

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

Kid Cannabis (2014) poster
12. Kid Cannabis2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a chilly detachment.

These are Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed’s neighbours — where are yours?

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