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Films like Life of Crime.

Life of Crime (2013) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Well-Off People (2014) poster
1. Well-Off People2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Unlikely Revolutionaries (2010) poster
2. Unlikely Revolutionaries2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Salvation Boulevard (2011) poster
3. Salvation Boulevard2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mr. Nice (2010) poster
4. Mr. Nice2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) poster
5. Why Did I Get Married Too?2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Comeback Trail (2020) poster
6. The Comeback Trail2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lay the Favorite (2012) poster
7. Lay the Favorite2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Number One Fan (2014) poster
8. Number One Fan2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Girl from Monaco (2008) poster
9. The Girl from Monaco2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dampfnudelblues (2013) poster
10. Dampfnudelblues2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Dirty Picture (2011) poster
11. The Dirty Picture2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cell Phone (2003) poster
12. Cell Phone2003

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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