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Films like Loverboy.

Loverboy (2005) 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.

Love Sick (2006) poster
1. Love Sick2006

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

Flesh for Sale (2005) poster
2. Flesh for Sale2005

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

David's Birthday (2009) poster
3. David's Birthday2009

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

Stone (2010) poster
4. Stone2010

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

Elles (2011) poster
5. Elles2011

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

Ask the Dust (2006) poster
6. Ask the Dust2006

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

Wreckers (2011) poster
7. Wreckers2011

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

Asylum (2005) poster
8. Asylum2005

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

Chromophobia (2006) poster
9. Chromophobia2006

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

Slovenian Girl (2009) poster
10. Slovenian Girl2009

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

The Hunter (2011) poster
11. The Hunter2011

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

Irresistible (2006) poster
12. Irresistible2006

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

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