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Films like Rising High.

Rising High (2020) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured comedy / drama, grounded 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.

Fyre (2019) poster
1. Fyre2019

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

Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord (2021) poster
2. Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord2021

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

Gringo (2018) poster
3. Gringo2018

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

Golden Men (2019) poster
4. Golden Men2019

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

Bandit (2022) poster
5. Bandit2022

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

Not Okay (2022) poster
6. Not Okay2022

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Kid Cannabis (2014) poster
7. Kid Cannabis2014

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

Like or Die (2023) poster
8. Like or Die2023

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

One Day as a Lion (2023) poster
9. One Day as a Lion2023

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

The Most Hated Woman in America (2017) poster
10. The Most Hated Woman in America2017

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

Sex, Party and Lies (2009) poster
11. Sex, Party and Lies2009

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

Ca$h (2010) poster
12. Ca$h2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

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