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Films like Spider.

Spider (2007) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured drama / comedy, 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.

Pretty Persuasion (2005) poster
1. Pretty Persuasion2005

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

A Film with Me in It (2008) poster
2. A Film with Me in It2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Neon Flesh (2010) poster
3. Neon Flesh2010

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

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Big Nothing (2006) poster
5. Big Nothing2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

The Party (2017) poster
6. The Party2017

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

Kill Your Friends (2015) poster
7. Kill Your Friends2015

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Ingrid Goes West (2017) poster
8. Ingrid Goes West2017

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

Ugly Nasty People (2017) poster
9. Ugly Nasty People2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009) poster
10. The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia2009

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

God Bless America (2012) poster
11. God Bless America2012

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Noise (2007) poster
12. Noise2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Spider’s neighbours — where are yours?

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