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Films like Equals.

Equals (2015) reads as Sombre, measured, gentle drama / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

One & Two (2015) poster
1. One & Two2015

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

Realive (2016) poster
2. Realive2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022) poster
3. Mr. Harrigan's Phone2022

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

Planetarium (2016) poster
4. Planetarium2016

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

Voice from the Stone (2017) poster
5. Voice from the Stone2017

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

EVA (2011) poster
6. EVA2011

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the gentle temperature; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

I Think We're Alone Now (2018) poster
7. I Think We're Alone Now2018

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

Last Days in the Desert (2016) poster
8. Last Days in the Desert2016

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

Bokeh (2017) poster
9. Bokeh2017

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

Foe (2023) poster
10. Foe2023

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

FX's A Christmas Carol (2019) poster
11. FX's A Christmas Carol2019

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

Umma (2022) poster
12. Umma2022

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

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