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Films like Los Bastardos.

Los Bastardos (2008) reads as Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama, 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.

Post Mortem (2010) poster
1. Post Mortem2010

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

Romance (Breillat) (1999) poster
2. Romance (Breillat)1999

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

Spring Fever (2009) (2009) poster
3. Spring Fever2009

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

From Afar (2015) poster
4. From Afar2015

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

House of Pleasures (2011) poster
5. House of Pleasures2011

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

Student (2012) poster
6. Student2012

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

Angel's Fall (2005) poster
7. Angel's Fall2005

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

Battle in Heaven (2005) poster
8. Battle in Heaven2005

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

The Aura (2005) poster
9. The Aura2005

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

Distance (2001 Kore-eda) (2001) poster
10. Distance (2001 Kore-eda)2001

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

The Waiting Room (2003) poster
11. The Waiting Room2003

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Control (2007) (2007) poster
12. Control2007

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Los Bastardos’s neighbours — where are yours?

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