Films like Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon.

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022) reads as Neutral, steady, measured mystery / fantasy, inventive 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.

My Life as a Zucchini (2016) poster
1. My Life as a Zucchini2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Robot Dreams (2023) (2023) poster
2. Robot Dreams2023

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

After Midnight (2019) poster
3. After Midnight2019

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Pinocchio (2019) poster
4. Pinocchio2019

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

Apples (2020) poster
5. Apples2020

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Teddy (2020) poster
6. Teddy2020

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sphere (2024) poster
7. Sphere2024

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Where the Wild Things Are (2009) poster
8. Where the Wild Things Are2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Closet Monster (2016) poster
9. Closet Monster2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Guava Island (2019) poster
10. Guava Island2019

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Birth (2009) poster
11. Birth2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Ursus (2011) poster
12. Ursus2011

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon’s neighbours — where are yours?

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