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Films like Pity.

Pity (2018) reads as Sombre, measured, measured weird-wave / deadpan, 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.

Kinds of Kindness (2024) poster
1. Kinds of Kindness2024

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

I Am Not a Witch (2017) poster
2. I Am Not a Witch2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Rotting in the Sun (2023) poster
3. Rotting in the Sun2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Prevenge (2017) poster
4. Prevenge2017

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

Dream Scenario (2023) poster
5. Dream Scenario2023

Keeps the chilly detachment and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Palindromes (2005) poster
6. Palindromes2005

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Square (2017) poster
7. The Square2017

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

The Last Days of Emma Blank (2009) poster
8. The Last Days of Emma Blank2009

Keeps the chilly detachment and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Double (2014) poster
9. The Double2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Triangle of Sadness (2022) poster
11. Triangle of Sadness2022

Keeps the chilly detachment and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Death of Dick Long (2019) poster
12. The Death of Dick Long2019

Keeps the chilly detachment and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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