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Films like Lemming.

Lemming (2005) reads as Sombre, steady, measured thriller / psychological, inventive 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.

I Am the Other Woman (2006) poster
1. I Am the Other Woman2006

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

Shadowboxer (2005) poster
2. Shadowboxer2005

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

The Fish Child (2009) poster
3. The Fish Child2009

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

Fiction. (2008) poster
4. Fiction.2008

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

The Gift (2000) (2000) poster
5. The Gift2000

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

Faces in theCrowd — repeatguard2011
6. Faces in the Crowd — repeat guard2011

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

The Village (2004) (2004) poster
7. The Village2004

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

The Figurine (2009) poster
8. The Figurine2009

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

The Falling (2014) poster
9. The Falling2014

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

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) poster
10. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer2006

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

Trauma (1993) poster
11. Trauma1993

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

The Orphanage (2007) poster
12. The Orphanage2007

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

These are Lemming’s neighbours — where are yours?

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