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Films like Klown.

Klown (2010) reads as Warm, breathless, measured comedy / raunchy, inventive 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.

Vulgaria (2012) poster
1. Vulgaria2012

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Dog's Breakfast (2007) poster
2. A Dog's Breakfast2007

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Beerfest (2006) poster
3. Beerfest2006

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bo Burnham: Make Happy (2016) poster
4. Bo Burnham: Make Happy2016

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crush and Blush (2008) poster
5. Crush and Blush2008

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Mystery Team (2009) poster
6. Mystery Team2009

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

Smiley Face (2007) poster
7. Smiley Face2007

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Pineapple Express (2008) poster
8. Pineapple Express2008

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Get Duked! (2019) poster
9. Get Duked!2019

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bad Santa (2003) poster
10. Bad Santa2003

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) poster
11. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues2013

Keeps the running vein of humour and the heightened unreality; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Pop Redemption (2013) poster
12. Pop Redemption2013

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a running vein of humour.

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