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Films like Alice.

Alice (1988) reads as Sombre, steady, measured animation / fantasy, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988) poster
1. Tales from the Gimli Hospital1988

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

Faust (1994) poster
2. Faust1994

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Little Otik (2000) poster
3. Little Otik2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

In the Light of the King's Love (1990) poster
4. In the Light of the King's Love1990

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

Idiots and Angels (2008) poster
5. Idiots and Angels2008

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

The Holy Mountain (1973) poster
6. The Holy Mountain1973

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

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) poster
7. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders1970

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Company of Wolves (1984) poster
8. The Company of Wolves1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

The City of Lost Children (1995) poster
9. The City of Lost Children1995

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

Pistol Opera (2001) poster
10. Pistol Opera2001

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

City of Women (1980) poster
11. City of Women1980

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) poster
12. Case for a Rookie Hangman1970

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

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