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Films like The Trust.

The Trust (2016) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured action / comedy, inventive 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.

Arkansas (2020) poster
1. Arkansas2020

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

In a Valley of Violence (2016) poster
2. In a Valley of Violence2016

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

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

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

Daydream Nation (2011) poster
4. Daydream Nation2011

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

El Angel (2018) poster
5. El Angel2018

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

Hesher (2010) poster
6. Hesher2010

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

The Mule (2014) poster
7. The Mule2014

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

Chicuarotes (2019) poster
8. Chicuarotes2019

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

Not Okay (2022) poster
9. Not Okay2022

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

My Scientology Movie (2016) poster
10. My Scientology Movie2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) poster
11. The Eyes of Tammy Faye2021

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

Bullet Head (2017) poster
12. Bullet Head2017

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

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