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The Guard
Why this pick
Its dry, distinctly local humour and mismatched criminal partnership echo The Baker’s blend of deadpan comedy, crime, and an offbeat community under pressure.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2007 1h 26m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
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A Film with Me in It
Why this pick
Like The Baker, it turns escalating criminal complications into macabre, low-key farce, with a warmly shabby atmosphere rather than slick gangster stylings.
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The Cottage
Why this pick
A rural British crime setup becomes increasingly eccentric and darkly funny, matching The Baker’s collision of bungled criminals, isolation, and tonal playfulness.
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In Bruges
Why this pick
Its hitmen are stranded in an idiosyncratic setting where sharp comic dialogue, guilt, and menace coexist—an edgier counterpart to The Baker’s odd-couple criminal charm.
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Sightseers
Why this pick
This shares The Baker’s very British taste for bleakly comic crime, eccentric provincial surroundings, and the humour found in people behaving badly with complete normality.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Damian Lewis
Milo
Kate Ashfield
Rhiannon
Dyfan Dwyfor
Eggs
Nicholas Rowe
Businessman
Brian Hibbard
Bob
William Thomas
Alun Thomas
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Bjorn
Michael Gambon
Leo