Films like Days of Darkness.

Days of Darkness (2007) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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 One I Love (2014) poster
1. The One I Love2014

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

The Clink of Ice (2010) poster
2. The Clink of Ice2010

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

$9.99 (2009) poster
3. $9.992009

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

French Exit (2021) poster
4. French Exit2021

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

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013) poster
5. A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III2013

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Cold Souls (2009) poster
6. Cold Souls2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Special (2006) poster
7. Special2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

When We Are All Asleep (2009) poster
8. When We Are All Asleep2009

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

A Man Amidst Bees (2015) poster
9. A Man Amidst Bees2015

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

Self Made (2014) poster
10. Self Made2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Waiter (2006) poster
11. Waiter2006

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

All About Actresses (2009) poster
12. All About Actresses2009

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Days of Darkness’s neighbours — where are yours?

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