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Films like Waiter.

Waiter (2006) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / metafiction, surreal 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.

Kaboom (2010) poster
1. Kaboom2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007) poster
2. Glory to the Filmmaker!2007

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Last Days of Emma Blank (2009) poster
3. The Last Days of Emma Blank2009

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Human Nature (2001) poster
4. Human Nature2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Life of Riley (2014) poster
5. Life of Riley2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Scare Me (2020) poster
6. Scare Me2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Abracadabra (2017) poster
7. Abracadabra2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Keep an Eye Out (2018) poster
8. Keep an Eye Out2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rubber (2010) poster
9. Rubber2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Northerners (1992) poster
10. The Northerners1992

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Ten (2007) poster
11. The Ten2007

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Wild Grass (2009) poster
12. Wild Grass2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

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