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Films like Hostiles.

Hostiles (2017) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme western / revisionist, grounded 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.

3000 Nights (2015) poster
1. 3000 Nights2015

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

Indian Horse (2017) poster
2. Indian Horse2017

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

Refugiado (2014) poster
3. Refugiado2014

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

Frozen River (2008) poster
4. Frozen River2008

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

The Journey (2017) poster
5. The Journey2017

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

Asmaa (2011) poster
6. Asmaa2011

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

A Sort of Family (2017) poster
7. A Sort of Family2017

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

Working Woman (2018) poster
8. Working Woman2018

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

Mom (2017) poster
9. Mom2017

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

The Deep (2012) poster
10. The Deep2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Twelve-Year Night (2018) poster
11. A Twelve-Year Night2018

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

The Excursionist (2013) poster
12. The Excursionist2013

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

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