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Films like Take Me.

Take Me (2017) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, inventive 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.

Flower (2017) poster
1. Flower2017

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

The House (2017) poster
2. The House2017

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

Welcome to Me (2015) poster
3. Welcome to Me2015

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

The D Train (2015) poster
4. The D Train2015

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

Lucky (2011) poster
5. Lucky2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Choke (2008) poster
6. Choke2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Mule (2014) poster
7. The Mule2014

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

Better Living Through Chemistry (2014) poster
8. Better Living Through Chemistry2014

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

Fear, Inc. (2016) poster
9. Fear, Inc.2016

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

Just Buried (2007) poster
10. Just Buried2007

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

Walk All Over Me (2007) poster
11. Walk All Over Me2007

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

Leaves of Grass (2009) poster
12. Leaves of Grass2009

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

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