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Films like Gozu.

Gozu (2003) reads as Heavy, measured, measured horror / drama, surreal 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.

Taxidermia (2006) (2006) poster
1. Taxidermia2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Dogtooth (2009) poster
2. Dogtooth2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lost Highway (1997) poster
3. Lost Highway1997

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

High-Rise (Wheatley) (2015) poster
4. High-Rise (Wheatley)2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Naked Lunch (1991) poster
5. Naked Lunch1991

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

Borgman (2013) poster
6. Borgman2013

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

Berberian Sound Studio (2012) poster
7. Berberian Sound Studio2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010) poster
8. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done2010

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

Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012) poster
9. Goltzius and the Pelican Company2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Neon Demon (2016) poster
10. The Neon Demon2016

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

A Scanner Darkly (2006) poster
11. A Scanner Darkly2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Kuso (2017) (2017) poster
12. Kuso2017

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

These are Gozu’s neighbours — where are yours?

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