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Films like Bokeh.

Bokeh (2017) reads as Sombre, measured, gentle drama / sci-fi, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Equals (2015) poster
1. Equals2015

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

Approaching the Unknown (2016) poster
2. Approaching the Unknown2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Rattlesnake (2019) poster
3. Rattlesnake2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

Last Days in the Desert (2016) poster
4. Last Days in the Desert2016

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the airy, open telling; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

I Think We're Alone Now (2018) poster
5. I Think We're Alone Now2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Z for Zachariah (2015) poster
6. Z for Zachariah2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Hammamet (2020) poster
7. Hammamet2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Voice from the Stone (2017) poster
8. Voice from the Stone2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

The Dancer (2016) poster
9. The Dancer2016

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

Realive (2016) poster
10. Realive2016

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

Planetarium (2016) poster
11. Planetarium2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Air (2015) poster
12. Air2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a clean studio craft.

These are Bokeh’s neighbours — where are yours?

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