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Films like Good Time.

Good Time (2017) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme crime / thriller, 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.

Uncut Gems (2019) poster
1. Uncut Gems2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Atomic Blonde (2017) (2017) poster
2. Atomic Blonde2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013) poster
3. Hwayi: A Monster Boy2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cloud (2024) poster
4. Cloud2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Blast (2014) poster
5. A Blast2014

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

Unsane (2018) (2018) poster
6. Unsane2018

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

Ulidavaru Kandanthe (2014) poster
7. Ulidavaru Kandanthe2014

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

A Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015) poster
8. A Monster with a Thousand Heads2015

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

Monkey Man (2024) poster
9. Monkey Man2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Johnny Gaddaar (2007) poster
10. Johnny Gaddaar2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

11 Minutes (2015) poster
11. 11 Minutes2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

The Ardennes (2015) poster
12. The Ardennes2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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