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Films like Soul Kicking.

Soul Kicking (2006) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme drama / athens, inventive 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.

Knifer (2010) poster
1. Knifer2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Morphine (2008) poster
2. Morphine2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Such Is Life (2000) poster
3. Such Is Life2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bad Guy (2001) poster
4. Bad Guy2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Matchbox (2002) poster
5. Matchbox2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Stratos (2014) poster
6. Stratos2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Coast Guard (2002) poster
7. The Coast Guard2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Of Good Report (2013) poster
8. Of Good Report2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Bastards (2013) poster
9. Bastards2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dumplings (2004) poster
10. Dumplings2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

We're All Christs (2006) poster
11. We're All Christs2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Address Unknown (2001) poster
12. Address Unknown2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Soul Kicking’s neighbours — where are yours?

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