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Films like Control.

Control (2007) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / music, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, 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.

The Consequences of Love (2004) (2004) poster
1. The Consequences of Love2004

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

Envy (2009) poster
2. Envy2009

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

The Judgement (Bulgaria) (2014) poster
3. The Judgement (Bulgaria)2014

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

Fate (2001) poster
4. Fate2001

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

Los Bastardos (2008) poster
5. Los Bastardos2008

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Return (2003) (2003) poster
6. The Return2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

How I Ended This Summer (2010) poster
7. How I Ended This Summer2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Blair Witch Project — re-pass (1999) poster
8. The Blair Witch Project — re-pass1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Destiny (2006) poster
9. Destiny2006

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

Play (2011) (2011) poster
10. Play2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Waiting Room (2003) poster
11. The Waiting Room2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Black Bread (2010) poster
12. Black Bread2010

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

These are Control’s neighbours — where are yours?

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