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Films like Return.

Return (2015) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / supernatural, inventive 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.

The Disappointments Room (2016) poster
1. The Disappointments Room2016

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

Mercy Black (2019) poster
2. Mercy Black2019

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

Abandoned (2022) poster
3. Abandoned2022

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

The Daisy Chain (2008) poster
4. The Daisy Chain2008

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

The Influence (2019) poster
5. The Influence2019

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

Lavender (2016) poster
6. Lavender2016

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

The Atticus Institute (2015) poster
7. The Atticus Institute2015

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

The Pact (2012) poster
8. The Pact2012

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

The Communion Girl (2023) poster
9. The Communion Girl2023

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

The Bride (2017) poster
10. The Bride2017

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

Long Weekend (2009) poster
11. Long Weekend2009

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

The Wasteland (2021) poster
12. The Wasteland2021

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

These are Return’s neighbours — where are yours?

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