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Films like Hideaways.

Hideaways (2011) reads as Sombre, measured, measured fantasy / supernatural, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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 bone-dry seriousness and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sleep Dealer (2008) poster
2. Sleep Dealer2008

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

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) poster
3. The Twilight Saga: New Moon2009

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

Thale (2012) poster
4. Thale2012

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

Simon's Got a Gift (2020) poster
5. Simon's Got a Gift2020

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

Prospect (2018) poster
6. Prospect2018

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

Before I Wake (2016) poster
7. Before I Wake2016

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

After (2012) poster
8. After2012

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

Paradise Hills (2019) poster
9. Paradise Hills2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Down a Dark Hall (2018) poster
10. Down a Dark Hall2018

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Zoe (2018) poster
11. Zoe2018

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

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) poster
12. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse2010

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

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