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Films like Man Bites Dog.

Man Bites Dog (1992) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme comedy / crime, 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.

The Rules of Attraction (2002) poster
1. The Rules of Attraction2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

American Psycho (2000) poster
2. American Psycho2000

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Matador (1986) poster
3. Matador1986

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Bamboozled (2000) poster
4. Bamboozled2000

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

U Turn (1997 Stone) (1997) poster
5. U Turn (1997 Stone)1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Doom Generation (1995) poster
6. The Doom Generation1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Baxter (1989) poster
7. Baxter1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) poster
8. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hamlet Goes Business (1987) poster
9. Hamlet Goes Business1987

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) poster
10. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans2009

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Three Stories (1997) poster
11. Three Stories1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Maps to the Stars (2014) poster
12. Maps to the Stars2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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