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Films like After Yang.

After Yang (2021) reads as Neutral, slow-burn, gentle drama / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Journey to the Shore (2015) poster
1. Journey to the Shore2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Undine (2020) poster
2. Undine2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

When Marnie Was There (2014) poster
3. When Marnie Was There2014

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Petite Maman — re-pass (2021) poster
4. Petite Maman — re-pass2021

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

La Chimera —repeat guard2023
5. La Chimera — repeat guard2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Louise by the Shore (2016) poster
6. Louise by the Shore2016

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

Bear Story (2016) poster
7. Bear Story2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020) poster
8. The Metamorphosis of Birds2020

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

The Wind Rises (2013) poster
9. The Wind Rises2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Undertow (2009) poster
10. Undertow2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) poster
11. Only Lovers Left Alive2013

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

The Seen and Unseen (2017) poster
12. The Seen and Unseen2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

These are After Yang’s neighbours — where are yours?

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