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Films like Monster.

Monster (2023) reads as Sombre, measured, measured 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.

Sentimental Value (2025) poster
1. Sentimental Value2025

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

The Painter and the Thief (2020) (2020) poster
2. The Painter and the Thief2020

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

Our Lady of the Nile (2019) poster
3. Our Lady of the Nile2019

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

Paris, 13th District (2021) poster
4. Paris, 13th District2021

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

Aurora (Portugal) (2018) poster
5. Aurora (Portugal)2018

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

Love Life (2022) poster
6. Love Life2022

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

Joyland (2022) poster
7. Joyland2022

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

White Sun (2016) poster
8. White Sun2016

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

One Fine Morning (2022) poster
9. One Fine Morning2022

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

Pain and Glory (2019) poster
10. Pain and Glory2019

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

Parallel Mothers (2021) poster
11. Parallel Mothers2021

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

Blue Moon (Linklater 2025) (2025) poster
12. Blue Moon (Linklater 2025)2025

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

These are Monster’s neighbours — where are yours?

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