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Films like Apostasy.

Apostasy (2017) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / religion, 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.

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

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

Turah (2016) poster
2. Turah2016

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

Amy (2015) poster
3. Amy2015

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

Disappearance (2017) poster
4. Disappearance2017

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

Loverboy (2011) poster
5. Loverboy2011

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

The Levelling (2016) poster
6. The Levelling2016

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

Eyes Wide Open (2009) poster
7. Eyes Wide Open2009

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

For Those Who Can Tell No Tales (2013) poster
8. For Those Who Can Tell No Tales2013

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

Ballad of a White Cow (2020) poster
9. Ballad of a White Cow2020

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

A Girl at My Door (2014) poster
10. A Girl at My Door2014

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

In the Land of Brothers (2024) poster
11. In the Land of Brothers2024

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

45 Years (2015) poster
12. 45 Years2015

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

These are Apostasy’s neighbours — where are yours?

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