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Films like August.

August (2008) reads as Sombre, steady, gentle drama, grounded 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.

11.6 (2013) poster
1. 11.62013

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bel Ami (2012) poster
2. Bel Ami2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The War Boys (2009) poster
3. The War Boys2009

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

Hollywoodland (2006) poster
4. Hollywoodland2006

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

Siberia (2018) poster
5. Siberia2018

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

The Girl (2012) poster
6. The Girl2012

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

November Criminals (2017) poster
7. November Criminals2017

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

The Other Man (2008) poster
8. The Other Man2008

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

Iago (2009) poster
9. Iago2009

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

The Runner (2015) poster
10. The Runner2015

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

Arbitrage (2012) poster
11. Arbitrage2012

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

Georgetown (2019) poster
12. Georgetown2019

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

These are August’s neighbours — where are yours?

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