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Films like Holiday.

Holiday (2018) reads as Heavy, measured, extreme drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. 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.

It Comes at Night (2017) poster
1. It Comes at Night2017

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

The Notebook (2013) poster
2. The Notebook2013

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

Bad Roads (2020) poster
3. Bad Roads2020

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

Daniel and Ana (2009) poster
4. Daniel and Ana2009

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

Caterpillar (2010) poster
5. Caterpillar2010

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

The Ape (2009) poster
6. The Ape2009

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

Fauve (2018) poster
7. Fauve2018

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

Michael (2011) poster
8. Michael2011

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

Park (2016) poster
9. Park2016

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

Whores' Glory (2011) poster
10. Whores' Glory2011

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

The Silent House (2010) poster
11. The Silent House2010

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

Most Beautiful Island (2017) poster
12. Most Beautiful Island2017

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

These are Holiday’s neighbours — where are yours?

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