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Films like Mama.

Mama (1990) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / art house, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, 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.

September (1987) poster
1. September1987

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

Tahader Katha (1992) poster
2. Tahader Katha1992

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

The Sun of the Sleepless (1992) poster
3. The Sun of the Sleepless1992

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

The Price of Love (1984) poster
4. The Price of Love1984

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

Adada (1987) poster
5. Adada1987

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

Black Republic (1990) poster
6. Black Republic1990

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

Sheer Madness (1983) poster
7. Sheer Madness1983

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

The Mute (1987) poster
8. The Mute1987

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

Ek Din Achanak (1989) poster
9. Ek Din Achanak1989

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

Innocence (1997) poster
10. Innocence1997

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

The Case Is Closed (1982) poster
11. The Case Is Closed1982

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

The Ruins (1984) poster
12. The Ruins1984

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

These are Mama’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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