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Films like Luck by Chance.

Luck by Chance (2009) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / satire, grounded 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.

Life in a... Metro (2007) poster
1. Life in a... Metro2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Laila's Birthday (2008) poster
2. Laila's Birthday2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Why Did I Get Married? (2007) poster
3. Why Did I Get Married?2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Pistol in Each Hand (2012) poster
4. A Pistol in Each Hand2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A World Without Thieves (2004) poster
5. A World Without Thieves2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Zinda Bhaag (2013) poster
6. Zinda Bhaag2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Vanished Empire (2008) poster
7. The Vanished Empire2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Supersonic (2016, Oasis) (2016) poster
8. Supersonic (2016, Oasis)2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The First Beautiful Thing (2010) poster
10. The First Beautiful Thing2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Young and Wild (2012) poster
11. Young and Wild2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Fall of the American Empire (2018) poster
12. The Fall of the American Empire2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Luck by Chance’s neighbours — where are yours?

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