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Films like Mary Shelley.

Mary Shelley (2017) reads as Neutral, steady, gentle romance / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

The Only Living Boy in New York (2017) poster
1. The Only Living Boy in New York2017

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

Those People (2015) poster
2. Those People2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018) poster
3. Searching for Ingmar Bergman2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Asphalt Playground (2013) poster
4. Asphalt Playground2013

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

The Neighbors' Window (2019) poster
5. The Neighbors' Window2019

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

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017) poster
6. Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Wandering Stars (2019) poster
7. Wandering Stars2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

First Girl I Loved (2016) poster
8. First Girl I Loved2016

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

A Part of You (2024) poster
9. A Part of You2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

What Maisie Knew (2013) poster
10. What Maisie Knew2013

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

Swans (2024) poster
11. Swans2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hope Gap (2019) poster
12. Hope Gap2019

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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