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Films like Birth.

Birth (2009) reads as Neutral, steady, measured animation / latvian, surreal 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.

Lo (2009) poster
1. Lo2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Kaboom (2010) poster
2. Kaboom2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

The Face You Deserve (2004) poster
3. The Face You Deserve2004

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Corpse Bride (2005) poster
4. Corpse Bride2005

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

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022) poster
5. Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon2022

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

How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) poster
6. How to Talk to Girls at Parties2017

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

Teddy (2020) poster
7. Teddy2020

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

Genius Party Beyond (2008) poster
8. Genius Party Beyond2008

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

Ursus (2011) poster
9. Ursus2011

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

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) poster
10. Wristcutters: A Love Story2006

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

Night Fishing (2011) poster
11. Night Fishing2011

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Idiots and Angels (2008) poster
12. Idiots and Angels2008

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Birth’s neighbours — where are yours?

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