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Films like Martin Eden.

Martin Eden (2019) reads as Sombre, measured, measured romance / drama, inventive 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.

All the Dead Ones (2020) poster
1. All the Dead Ones2020

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

Transit (2018) poster
2. Transit2018

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

The Falling (2015) poster
3. The Falling2015

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

A Land Imagined (2018) poster
4. A Land Imagined2018

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

The Roads Not Taken (2020) poster
5. The Roads Not Taken2020

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

The Falling (2014) poster
6. The Falling2014

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

Memories of My Body (2018) poster
7. Memories of My Body2018

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

Quién te cantará (2018) poster
8. Quién te cantará2018

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

Naples in Veils (2017) poster
9. Naples in Veils2017

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

Personal Shopper (2016) poster
10. Personal Shopper2016

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

Presence (2024) poster
11. Presence2024

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

The Riddle of Jaan Niemand (2018) poster
12. The Riddle of Jaan Niemand2018

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

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