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Films like Ted K.

Ted K (2021) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Welcome to New York (2014) poster
1. Welcome to New York2014

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

Whores' Glory (2011) poster
2. Whores' Glory2011

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

The Dead Nation (2017) poster
3. The Dead Nation2017

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

Michael (2011) poster
4. Michael2011

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

The Notebook (2013) poster
5. The Notebook2013

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

Blue Caprice (2013) poster
6. Blue Caprice2013

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

The Invitation (2016) poster
7. The Invitation2016

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

The Club (2015) (2015) poster
8. The Club2015

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

Most Beautiful Island (2017) poster
9. Most Beautiful Island2017

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

Holiday (2018) poster
10. Holiday2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Butcher's Crossing (2023) poster
11. Butcher's Crossing2023

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

Meadowland (2015) poster
12. Meadowland2015

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

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