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Films like Attenberg.

Attenberg (2010) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / comedy, inventive 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 Great Beauty (2013) poster
1. The Great Beauty2013

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

Tabu (2012) (2012) poster
2. Tabu2012

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

P'tit Quinquin2014
3. P'tit Quinquin2014

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

About Endlessness (2019) poster
4. About Endlessness2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

To Die Like a Man (2009) poster
5. To Die Like a Man2009

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

This Must Be the Place (2011) (2011) poster
6. This Must Be the Place2011

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Come and Go (2003) poster
7. Come and Go2003

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

Chevalier (2015) poster
8. Chevalier2015

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

Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) (2010) poster
9. Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires)2010

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Feathers (2021) poster
10. Feathers2021

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

Achilles and the Tortoise (2008) poster
11. Achilles and the Tortoise2008

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Future (2011) (2011) poster
12. The Future2011

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

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