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Films like Nymphomaniac.

Nymphomaniac (2013) reads as Heavy, measured, extreme drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. 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.

Elle (2016) (2016) poster
1. Elle2016

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

Cosmopolis (2012) poster
2. Cosmopolis2012

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

Maps to the Stars (2014) poster
3. Maps to the Stars2014

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

Tom at the Farm (2013) (2013) poster
4. Tom at the Farm2013

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

My Joy (2010) poster
5. My Joy2010

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

Cold Fish (2011) poster
6. Cold Fish2011

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) poster
7. Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck2015

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

Raw (2016) (2016) poster
8. Raw2016

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

The Arbor (2010) poster
9. The Arbor2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) poster
10. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans2009

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Winter Brothers (2017) poster
11. Winter Brothers2017

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

Of Freaks and Men (1998) poster
12. Of Freaks and Men1998

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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