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Films like Autumn Roses.

Autumn Roses (2016) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama, 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.

Clay Pigeons (Croatian Tomislav Radić) (2007) poster
1. Clay Pigeons (Croatian Tomislav Radić)2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Brides (Armenia) (2014) poster
2. Brides (Armenia)2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Girl (Rwanda) (2014) poster
3. Girl (Rwanda)2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

His Three Daughters (2023) poster
4. His Three Daughters2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I'm Not Bad (2017) poster
5. I'm Not Bad2017

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Pit (2020 Latvia) (2020) poster
6. The Pit (2020 Latvia)2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Penelope (Spanish) (2014) poster
7. Penelope (Spanish)2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Maid (La Nana) (2009) poster
8. The Maid (La Nana)2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tenderness (2017) poster
9. Tenderness2017

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

Eve (2024) (2024) poster
10. Eve2024

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crossing the Dust (2015) poster
11. Crossing the Dust2015

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

Girls Will Be Girls (2024) poster
12. Girls Will Be Girls2024

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

These are Autumn Roses’s neighbours — where are yours?

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