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Films like Being Flynn.

Being Flynn (2012) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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 Other Woman (2010) poster
1. The Other Woman2010

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

The Adopted (2011) poster
2. The Adopted2011

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

Wah-Wah (2005) poster
3. Wah-Wah2005

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

Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010) poster
4. Jesse Stone: No Remorse2010

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

Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013) poster
5. Jimi: All Is by My Side2013

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

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011) poster
6. Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost2011

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

Forgive Us Our Debts (2018) poster
7. Forgive Us Our Debts2018

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

The Children Act (2018) poster
8. The Children Act2018

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

The Pass (2016) poster
9. The Pass2016

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

The Girl in the Book (2015) poster
10. The Girl in the Book2015

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

Balancing Act (2013) poster
11. Balancing Act2013

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

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009) poster
12. Jesse Stone: Thin Ice2009

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

These are Being Flynn’s neighbours — where are yours?

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