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Films like No Smoking.

No Smoking (2007) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured surreal / thriller, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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 Similars (2015) poster
1. The Similars2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Splice (2009) (2009) poster
2. Splice2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Trapped Ashes (2006) poster
3. Trapped Ashes2006

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

Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016) poster
4. Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Coherence (2013) (2013) poster
5. Coherence2013

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hanagatami (2017) poster
6. Hanagatami2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

eXistenZ (1999) poster
7. eXistenZ1999

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Heartless (2010) poster
8. Heartless2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Cell (2000) poster
9. The Cell2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Re-cycle (2006) poster
10. Re-cycle2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Lunacy (2005) poster
11. Lunacy2005

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

Cinderella the Cat (2017) poster
12. Cinderella the Cat2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are No Smoking’s neighbours — where are yours?

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