FilmsBrokenLike this

Films like Broken.

Broken (2012) reads as Heavy, measured, measured 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.

What Richard Did (2012) poster
1. What Richard Did2012

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

The Homesman (2014) poster
2. The Homesman2014

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

A Girl at My Door (2014) poster
3. A Girl at My Door2014

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

Child's Pose (2013) poster
4. Child's Pose2013

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

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

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

Indignation (2016) poster
6. Indignation2016

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

Crisis (2009Estonia)2009
7. Crisis (2009 Estonia)2009

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

Boy A (2008) poster
8. Boy A2008

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

Brotherhood (2009) poster
9. Brotherhood2009

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

Blue Valentine (2010) poster
10. Blue Valentine2010

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

Majority (2010) poster
11. Majority2010

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

Amy (2015) poster
12. Amy2015

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

These are Broken’s neighbours — where are yours?

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