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Films like Lies.

Lies (1999) reads as Sombre, steady, extreme drama / erotic, inventive 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.

Bleeder (1999) poster
1. Bleeder1999

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Two-Legged Horse (2008) poster
2. Two-Legged Horse2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beijing Bastards (1993) poster
3. Beijing Bastards1993

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

Blue Spring (2001) poster
4. Blue Spring2001

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

See the Sea (1997) poster
5. See the Sea1997

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bad Guy (2001) poster
6. Bad Guy2001

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dumplings (2004) poster
7. Dumplings2004

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Birdcage Inn (1998) poster
8. Birdcage Inn1998

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

Crocodile (1996) poster
9. Crocodile1996

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wild Animals (1997) poster
10. Wild Animals1997

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

Rainy Dog (1997) poster
11. Rainy Dog1997

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

Soul Kicking (2006) poster
12. Soul Kicking2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Lies’s neighbours — where are yours?

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