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Films like Wild Tales.

Wild Tales (2014) reads as Sombre, 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.

In Order of Disappearance (2014) poster
1. In Order of Disappearance2014

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

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017) poster
2. I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore2017

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

The Bone Man (2009) poster
3. The Bone Man2009

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

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) poster
4. The Wolf of Wall Street2013

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

Zola (2021) poster
5. Zola2021

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

Big Night! (2021) poster
6. Big Night!2021

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Estômago (2007) poster
7. Estômago2007

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

American Animals (2018) poster
8. American Animals2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) poster
9. The Good, the Bad, the Weird2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Party (2017) poster
10. The Party2017

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

El Angel (2018) poster
11. El Angel2018

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

RocknRolla (2008) (2008) poster
12. RocknRolla2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

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