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Films like Religulous.

Religulous (2008) reads as Warm, breathless, gentle documentary / comedy, grounded 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.

Death to 2020 (2020) poster
1. Death to 20202020

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

Torrente 3: The Protector (2005) poster
2. Torrente 3: The Protector2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Whatsoeverly (2011) poster
3. Whatsoeverly2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas (2014) poster
4. Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas2014

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

Everything Everything Nothing Nothing (2012) poster
5. Everything Everything Nothing Nothing2012

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

Salvation Boulevard (2011) poster
6. Salvation Boulevard2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Let's Go to Prison (2006) poster
7. Let's Go to Prison2006

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

Il ritorno del Monnezza (2005) poster
8. Il ritorno del Monnezza2005

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

A Pain in the Ass (2008) poster
9. A Pain in the Ass2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a stubborn streak of hope.

Le Crocodile du Botswanga (2014) poster
10. Le Crocodile du Botswanga2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Red Inn (2007) poster
11. The Red Inn2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a clean studio craft.

Am I Racist? (2024) poster
12. Am I Racist?2024

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

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