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Films like Joy.

Joy (2018) reads as Heavy, measured, extreme drama / social, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Mother (2020) poster
1. Mother2020

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

The Chosen Ones (2015) poster
2. The Chosen Ones2015

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

Wildland (2020) poster
3. Wildland2020

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

Queen of Hearts (2019) poster
4. Queen of Hearts2019

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

To Kill a Man (2014) poster
5. To Kill a Man2014

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

Horses of God (2012) poster
6. Horses of God2012

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

Brother's Keeper (2021) poster
7. Brother's Keeper2021

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

Moffie (2020) poster
8. Moffie2020

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

Min Dît: The Children of Diyarbakır (2009) poster
9. Min Dît: The Children of Diyarbakır2009

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

Paradesi (2013) poster
10. Paradesi2013

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

Your Son (2018) poster
11. Your Son2018

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

Leave No Traces (2021) poster
12. Leave No Traces2021

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

These are Joy’s neighbours — where are yours?

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