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Films like Kicks.

Kicks (2016) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / crime, 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.

Voy a Explotar (2008) poster
1. Voy a Explotar2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Choked (2020) poster
2. Choked2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Irrational Man (2015) poster
3. Irrational Man2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Posesif (2017) poster
4. Posesif2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Motel Destino (2024) poster
5. Motel Destino2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Drama/Mex (2006) poster
6. Drama/Mex2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Coup de Chance (2023) poster
7. Coup de Chance2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Young & Beautiful (2013) poster
8. Young & Beautiful2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Manslayer (2017) poster
9. The Manslayer2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Wonder Wheel (2017) poster
10. Wonder Wheel2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Wild Fields (2018) poster
11. The Wild Fields2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

5 Is the Perfect Number (2019) poster
12. 5 Is the Perfect Number2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Kicks’s neighbours — where are yours?

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