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Films like Real.

Real (2013) reads as Sombre, steady, measured sci-fi / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, 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.

Thelma (2017) poster
1. Thelma2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Prospect (2018) poster
2. Prospect2018

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

Chaotic Ana (2007) poster
3. Chaotic Ana2007

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

Tell Me About Istanbul (2005) poster
4. Tell Me About Istanbul2005

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

We Go On (2016) poster
5. We Go On2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dream (2008) poster
6. Dream2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Artifice Girl (2023) poster
7. The Artifice Girl2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016) poster
8. The 9th Life of Louis Drax2016

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

$9.99 (2008) poster
9. $9.992008

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

Boys in the Trees (2016) poster
10. Boys in the Trees2016

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

A Land Imagined (2018) poster
11. A Land Imagined2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Before I Wake (2016) poster
12. Before I Wake2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a airy, open telling.

These are Real’s neighbours — where are yours?

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