FilmsMommyLike this

Films like Mommy.

Mommy (2014) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme drama, 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.

Mommy (Dolan) — re-pass (2014) poster
1. Mommy (Dolan) — re-pass2014

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

Sound of Metal (2019) poster
2. Sound of Metal2019

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

Waves (2019) poster
3. Waves2019

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Vengeance (2009) poster
4. Vengeance2009

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Head-On (2004) poster
5. Head-On2004

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

Head-On (2) (2004) poster
6. Head-On (2)2004

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

Low Life (2004) poster
7. Low Life2004

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

Her Smell (2018) poster
8. Her Smell2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Trivisa (2016) poster
9. Trivisa2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Killed My Mother (2009) poster
10. I Killed My Mother2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Joe (2013) (2013) poster
11. Joe2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kammatipaadam (2016) poster
12. Kammatipaadam2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Mommy’s neighbours — where are yours?

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