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Films like Faults.

Faults (2014) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / comedy, inventive 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.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) poster
1. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a clean studio craft.

The Chumscrubber (2005) poster
2. The Chumscrubber2005

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

He Was a Quiet Man (2007) poster
3. He Was a Quiet Man2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Superstar (2012) poster
4. Superstar2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Playing the Victim (2006) poster
5. Playing the Victim2006

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

Sleuth (2007) poster
6. Sleuth2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

All My Friends Hate Me (2022) poster
7. All My Friends Hate Me2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

The Square (2017) poster
8. The Square2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

The Predators (2020) poster
9. The Predators2020

Keeps the chilly detachment and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Life During Wartime (2010) poster
10. Life During Wartime2010

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Details (2012) poster
11. The Details2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Room 237 (2012) (2012) poster
12. Room 2372012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

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