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Films like Hyenas.

Hyenas (1996) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / folklore, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

License to Live (1998) poster
1. License to Live1998

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

The Heart of the Bear (2001) poster
2. The Heart of the Bear2001

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

Wajib (1998) poster
3. Wajib1998

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

The Ticket to Tadj Mahal (1991) poster
4. The Ticket to Tadj Mahal1991

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

Crystal Nights (1992) poster
5. Crystal Nights1992

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

The Bow (2005) poster
6. The Bow2005

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

The Sleeping Child (2004) poster
7. The Sleeping Child2004

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

Mossane (1996) poster
8. Mossane1996

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

Bagh Bahadur (1989) poster
9. Bagh Bahadur1989

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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

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

Leaf on a Pillow (1998) poster
11. Leaf on a Pillow1998

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

You Am I (2006) poster
12. You Am I2006

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

These are Hyenas’s neighbours — where are yours?

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