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Films like Navalny.

Navalny (2022) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, 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.

Waves (2024) poster
1. Waves2024

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

The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) poster
2. The Battle at Lake Changjin2021

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

Marighella (2021) poster
3. Marighella2021

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

The Cut (2014) poster
4. The Cut2014

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

The Spy Gone North (2018) poster
5. The Spy Gone North2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Chasing Coral (2017) poster
6. Chasing Coral2017

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

The Square (Egypt 2013) (2013) poster
7. The Square (Egypt 2013)2013

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

13th (2016) poster
8. 13th2016

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

Army of Crime (2009) poster
9. Army of Crime2009

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

Goyo: The Boy General (2018) poster
10. Goyo: The Boy General2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

My Way (2011) poster
11. My Way2011

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

Sekigahara (2017) poster
12. Sekigahara2017

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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