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Films like Christine.

Christine (2016) 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.

Blue Valentine (2010) poster
1. Blue Valentine2010

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
2. The Measure of a Man2015

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

Shéhérazade (2018) poster
3. Shéhérazade2018

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

Sparrows (2015) poster
4. Sparrows2015

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

Apostasy (2017) poster
5. Apostasy2017

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

Amy (2015) poster
6. Amy2015

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.

The Wrestler (2008) poster
8. The Wrestler2008

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

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

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Family Instinct (2010) poster
10. Family Instinct2010

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 patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Shameless (2015) poster
12. The Shameless2015

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

These are Christine’s neighbours — where are yours?

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