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Films like Poor Things.

Poor Things (2023) reads as Neutral, steady, measured drama / comedy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Poor Creatures (2023) poster
1. Poor Creatures2023

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

Dave Made a Maze (2017) poster
2. Dave Made a Maze2017

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

Rango (2011) (2011) poster
3. Rango2011

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Diamantino (2018) poster
4. Diamantino2018

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Leonor Will Never Die (2022) poster
5. Leonor Will Never Die2022

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

Tatami Time Machine Blues (2022) poster
6. Tatami Time Machine Blues2022

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Triplets of Belleville (2003) poster
7. The Triplets of Belleville2003

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

My Love Affair with Marriage (2022) poster
8. My Love Affair with Marriage2022

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

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) poster
9. I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK2006

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Swiss Army Man (2016) poster
10. Swiss Army Man2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) poster
11. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote2018

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Lu Over the Wall (2017) poster
12. Lu Over the Wall2017

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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