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Films like Takeshis'.

Takeshis' (2005) reads as Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, surreal 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.

Surviving Life (2010) poster
1. Surviving Life2010

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

Reality (2015) poster
2. Reality2015

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

My Winnipeg (2008) poster
3. My Winnipeg2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Being John Malkovich (1999) poster
4. Being John Malkovich1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Brand Upon the Brain! (2007) poster
5. Brand Upon the Brain!2007

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Slipstream (2007) poster
6. Slipstream2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Holy Motors (2012) poster
7. Holy Motors2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Night Across the Street (2012) poster
8. Night Across the Street2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Something in the Dirt (2022) poster
9. Something in the Dirt2022

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

The Love Witch (2016) poster
10. The Love Witch2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Saddest Music in the World (2003) poster
11. The Saddest Music in the World2003

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Waking Life (2001) poster
12. Waking Life2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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