Films like My Dinner with Hervé.

My Dinner with Hervé (2018) reads as Sombre, steady, gentle drama / tv-movie, 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.

Euphoria (2018) poster
1. Euphoria2018

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

The Sense of an Ending (2017) poster
2. The Sense of an Ending2017

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

Being Flynn (2012) poster
3. Being Flynn2012

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

Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013) poster
4. Jimi: All Is by My Side2013

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

The Children Act (2018) poster
5. The Children Act2018

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

Longing (2024) poster
6. Longing2024

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

Catfish (2010) poster
7. Catfish2010

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

My Days of Mercy (2018) poster
8. My Days of Mercy2018

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

Palo Alto (2014) poster
9. Palo Alto2014

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

The Match (2020) poster
10. The Match2020

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

The Adopted (2011) poster
11. The Adopted2011

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

The Pass (2016) poster
12. The Pass2016

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

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