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Films like Serial Mom.

Serial Mom (1994) reads as Warm, breathless, measured black-comedy / cult, inventive 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.

Eating Raoul (1982) poster
1. Eating Raoul1982

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kika (1993) poster
2. Kika1993

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) poster
3. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America1996

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Scary Movie 2 (2001) poster
4. Scary Movie 22001

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Living in Oblivion (1995) poster
5. Living in Oblivion1995

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

From Beijing with Love (1994) poster
6. From Beijing with Love1994

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Beyond Therapy (1987) poster
7. Beyond Therapy1987

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Frankenhooker (1990) poster
8. Frankenhooker1990

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Mix (2000) poster
9. The Mix2000

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Throw Momma from the Train (1987) poster
10. Throw Momma from the Train1987

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

All My Lenins (1997) poster
11. All My Lenins1997

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Deconstructing Harry (1997) poster
12. Deconstructing Harry1997

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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