Films like Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly.

Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly (2008) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / arthouse, surreal 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 Last Time I Saw Macao (2012) poster
1. The Last Time I Saw Macao2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tabu (2012) (2012) poster
2. Tabu2012

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

20,000 Days on Earth (2014) poster
3. 20,000 Days on Earth2014

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

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

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

Nightwatching (2007) poster
5. Nightwatching2007

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

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

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Cinema Stories (2008) poster
7. Cinema Stories2008

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

Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One (2015) poster
8. Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One2015

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

Magic Mirror (2005) poster
9. Magic Mirror2005

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

The Revenge of a Woman (2012) poster
10. The Revenge of a Woman2012

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

Scream of the Ants (2006) poster
11. Scream of the Ants2006

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Idiot (2011) poster
12. The Idiot2011

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

These are Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly’s neighbours — where are yours?

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