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Films like Dev.D.

Dev.D (2009) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / musical, inventive 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.

7 Khoon Maaf (2011) poster
1. 7 Khoon Maaf2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Gulaal (2009) poster
2. Gulaal2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) poster
3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Bar (2017) poster
4. The Bar2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010) poster
5. Love Sex Aur Dhokha2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fabian: Going to the Dogs (2021) poster
6. Fabian: Going to the Dogs2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ema (Pablo Larraín) (2019) poster
7. Ema (Pablo Larraín)2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bringing Out the Dead (1999) poster
8. Bringing Out the Dead1999

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) poster
9. Cobain: Montage of Heck2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ulidavaru Kandanthe (2014) poster
10. Ulidavaru Kandanthe2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Aruvi (2016) poster
11. Aruvi2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fiction. (2008) poster
12. Fiction.2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Dev.D’s neighbours — where are yours?

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