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Films like Pacifiction.

Pacifiction (2022) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama, surreal 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.

Eureka (2023) poster
1. Eureka2023

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

Jauja (2014) (2014) poster
2. Jauja2014

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

The Dreamed Path (2016) poster
3. The Dreamed Path2016

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

Zama (2017) (2017) poster
4. Zama2017

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

Horse Money (2014) poster
5. Horse Money2014

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

The Headless Woman (2008) poster
6. The Headless Woman2008

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

Knight of Cups (2015) poster
7. Knight of Cups2015

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

I Was at Home, But (2019) poster
8. I Was at Home, But2019

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

The Eternal Daughter (2022) poster
9. The Eternal Daughter2022

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

The Image Book (2018) (2018) poster
10. The Image Book2018

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

Memoria 2 (placeholder) (2022) poster
11. Memoria 2 (placeholder)2022

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

Sleeping Sickness (2011) poster
12. Sleeping Sickness2011

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

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