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Films like Flower.

Flower (2017) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, grounded 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.

The D Train (2015) poster
1. The D Train2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Take Me (2017) poster
2. Take Me2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The House (2017) poster
3. The House2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Villains (2019) poster
4. Villains2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Wild Mouse (2017) poster
5. Wild Mouse2017

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Dom Hemingway (2013) poster
6. Dom Hemingway2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bingo: The King of the Mornings (2017) poster
7. Bingo: The King of the Mornings2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Just Buried (2007) poster
8. Just Buried2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

We Summon the Darkness (2020) poster
9. We Summon the Darkness2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Not Okay (2022) poster
10. Not Okay2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Buba (2022) poster
11. Buba2022

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Better Living Through Chemistry (2014) poster
12. Better Living Through Chemistry2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Flower’s neighbours — where are yours?

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