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Films like Kingdoms.

Kingdoms (2018) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, 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.

What We Wanted (2020) poster
1. What We Wanted2020

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

Forgive Us Our Debts (2018) poster
2. Forgive Us Our Debts2018

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

Gorbaciof (2010) poster
3. Gorbaciof2010

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

Return (2011) poster
4. Return2011

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

On Chesil Beach (2018) poster
5. On Chesil Beach2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Concussion (2013) poster
6. Concussion2013

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

Are We Lost Forever (2020) poster
7. Are We Lost Forever2020

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

Fidelity (2019) poster
8. Fidelity2019

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Benefactor (2015) poster
9. The Benefactor2015

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

Red (2020) poster
10. Red2020

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Model (2016) poster
11. The Model2016

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

The Lifeguard (2013) poster
12. The Lifeguard2013

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

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