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Films like Kuso.

Kuso (2017) 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.

In Fabric (2018) poster
1. In Fabric2018

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

The Lighthouse (2019) poster
2. The Lighthouse2019

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

Gozu (2003) (2003) poster
3. Gozu2003

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

Nimic (2020) poster
4. Nimic2020

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Borgman (2013) poster
5. Borgman2013

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

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Beau Is Afraid (2023) poster
7. Beau Is Afraid2023

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

Trash Humpers (2009) poster
8. Trash Humpers2009

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

Taxidermia (2006) (2006) poster
9. Taxidermia2006

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Lunacy (2005) poster
10. Lunacy2005

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

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

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

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

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