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Films like Boy A.

Boy A (2008) reads as Heavy, measured, measured crime / 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.

Brotherhood (2009) poster
1. Brotherhood2009

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

Hungry Hearts (2015) poster
2. Hungry Hearts2015

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

As God Commands (2008) poster
3. As God Commands2008

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

The Class (Estonia) (2007) poster
4. The Class (Estonia)2007

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

Revolutionary Road (2008) poster
5. Revolutionary Road2008

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

The Homesman (2014) poster
6. The Homesman2014

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

Broken (2012) poster
7. Broken2012

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

A Perfect Day (2008) poster
8. A Perfect Day2008

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

The Golden Dream (2013) poster
9. The Golden Dream2013

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

The Blind Sunflowers (2008) poster
10. The Blind Sunflowers2008

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

The Measure of a Man (2015) poster
11. The Measure of a Man2015

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

Pu-239 (2006) poster
12. Pu-2392006

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

These are Boy A’s neighbours — where are yours?

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