Films like Sexy Evil Genius.

Sexy Evil Genius (2013) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Under Therapy (2023) poster
1. Under Therapy2023

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

The Trouble with Jessica (2024) poster
2. The Trouble with Jessica2024

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

Number One Fan (2014) poster
3. Number One Fan2014

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

Thin Ice (2012) poster
4. Thin Ice2012

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

Boogie Woogie (2010) poster
5. Boogie Woogie2010

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

Salvation Boulevard (2011) poster
6. Salvation Boulevard2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Kill Me Three Times (2015) poster
7. Kill Me Three Times2015

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

Daydream Nation (2011) poster
8. Daydream Nation2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Take Me (2017) poster
9. Take Me2017

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

Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (2019) poster
10. Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened2019

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

Life of Crime (2013) poster
11. Life of Crime2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Criminal Activities (2015) poster
12. Criminal Activities2015

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

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