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Films like Happy Together.

Happy Together (1997) reads as Sombre, measured, measured romance / drama, 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.

The Last Diving (1992) poster
1. The Last Diving1992

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

Morvern Callar (2002) poster
2. Morvern Callar2002

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Isabella (2006) poster
3. Isabella2006

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

Final Stop (1989) poster
4. Final Stop1989

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

Maelström (Villeneuve 2000) (2000) poster
5. Maelström (Villeneuve 2000)2000

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

The Virgin Suicides (1999) poster
6. The Virgin Suicides1999

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Three Brothers (1994) poster
7. Three Brothers1994

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

The Neon Bible (1995) poster
8. The Neon Bible1995

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Letter to an Angel (1994) poster
9. Letter to an Angel1994

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

Exotica (1994) poster
10. Exotica1994

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

La Captive (2000) poster
11. La Captive2000

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

To Sleep with Anger (1990) poster
12. To Sleep with Anger1990

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

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