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Films like Lamerica.

Lamerica (1994) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / social, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Journey to the Sun (1999) poster
1. Journey to the Sun1999

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

Tilaï (1990) poster
2. Tilaï1990

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

Green Fish (1997) poster
3. Green Fish1997

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

Story of Women (1988) poster
4. Story of Women1988

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

Before the Rain (1994) poster
5. Before the Rain1994

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

Time Out (2001) poster
6. Time Out2001

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

The Surrogate Woman (1986) poster
7. The Surrogate Woman1986

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

The Collar and the Bracelet (1986) poster
8. The Collar and the Bracelet1986

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

Hungarian Requiem (1990) poster
9. Hungarian Requiem1990

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

Khamosh Pani (2003) poster
10. Khamosh Pani2003

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

Leila (1997) poster
11. Leila1997

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

Madame Bovary (1991) poster
12. Madame Bovary1991

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

These are Lamerica’s neighbours — where are yours?

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