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Films like 45 Years.

45 Years (2015) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / marriage, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured. 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.

Wildlife (2018) poster
1. Wildlife2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Levelling (2016) poster
2. The Levelling2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tuesday, After Christmas (2010) poster
3. Tuesday, After Christmas2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Apostasy (2017) poster
4. Apostasy2017

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

Volcano (2011) poster
5. Volcano2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Stranger (2013) poster
6. A Stranger2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Middle of Nowhere (2012) poster
7. Middle of Nowhere2012

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

Turah (2016) poster
8. Turah2016

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

Ixcanul (2015) poster
9. Ixcanul2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Measure of a Man (2015) poster
10. The Measure of a Man2015

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

Annayum Rasoolum (2013) poster
11. Annayum Rasoolum2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Girl (Rwanda) (2014) poster
12. Girl (Rwanda)2014

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

These are 45 Years’s neighbours — where are yours?

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