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Films like Kid.

Kid (2012) reads as Heavy, steady, measured drama / children, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Home (2016) poster
1. Home2016

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

That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010) poster
2. That Girl in Yellow Boots2010

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

Standing Aside, Watching (2013) poster
3. Standing Aside, Watching2013

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

House of Tolerance (2011) poster
4. House of Tolerance2011

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

Black Field (2009) poster
5. Black Field2009

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

Stop (2015) poster
6. Stop2015

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

The Fish Child (2009) poster
7. The Fish Child2009

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

Imani (2010) poster
8. Imani2010

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

Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) poster
9. Cobain: Montage of Heck2015

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

Song Without a Name (2019) poster
10. Song Without a Name2019

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

Tremors (2019) poster
11. Tremors2019

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

Birdshot (2016) poster
12. Birdshot2016

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

These are Kid’s neighbours — where are yours?

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