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Films like The Dirties.

The Dirties (2013) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, 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.

As Luck Would Have It (2011) poster
1. As Luck Would Have It2011

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

Terribly Happy (2008) poster
2. Terribly Happy2008

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

Killing Them Softly (2012) poster
3. Killing Them Softly2012

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

Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010) poster
4. Love Sex Aur Dhokha2010

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

Modest Reception (2012) poster
5. Modest Reception2012

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

The Last Family (2016) poster
6. The Last Family2016

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

Vavien (2009) poster
7. Vavien2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Creep (2014) (2014) poster
8. Creep2014

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

It Was the Son (2012) poster
9. It Was the Son2012

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

Rabies (2010) poster
10. Rabies2010

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

Loro 1 (2018) poster
11. Loro 12018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Forgiven (2022) poster
12. The Forgiven2022

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

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