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Films like Holy Rollers.

Holy Rollers (2010) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Jolene (2010) poster
1. Jolene2010

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

Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013) poster
2. Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor2013

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

I Am Michael (2015) poster
3. I Am Michael2015

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

The Education of Charlie Banks (2007) poster
4. The Education of Charlie Banks2007

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

Soulless (2012) poster
5. Soulless2012

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

Flesh for Sale (2005) poster
6. Flesh for Sale2005

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

The War Boys (2009) poster
7. The War Boys2009

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

Fucking Berlin (2016) poster
8. Fucking Berlin2016

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

The Match (2020) poster
9. The Match2020

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

The Devil's Violinist (2013) poster
10. The Devil's Violinist2013

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

Obsession (2015) poster
11. Obsession2015

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

The Last Match (2013) poster
12. The Last Match2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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