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Films like Reality.

Reality (2023) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Wormwood (2017) (2017) poster
1. Wormwood2017

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

The Peasants (2023) poster
2. The Peasants2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Four Daughters (2023) (2023) poster
3. Four Daughters2023

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

Vox Lux (2018) poster
4. Vox Lux2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Uppercase Print (2020) poster
5. Uppercase Print2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Foxtrot (2017) (2017) poster
6. Foxtrot2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Under the Sun (2015) poster
7. Under the Sun2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Jinx(2015)2015
8. The Jinx2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

First Reformed (2018) poster
9. First Reformed2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Burning (re-pass) (2018) poster
10. Burning (re-pass)2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu (2010) poster
11. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Quién te cantará (2018) poster
12. Quién te cantará2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a heightened unreality.

These are Reality’s neighbours — where are yours?

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