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Films like Scales.

Scales (2019) reads as Sombre, measured, measured fantasy / drama, inventive 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.

You Won't Be Alone (2022) poster
1. You Won't Be Alone2022

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

Sicilian Ghost Story (2017) poster
2. Sicilian Ghost Story2017

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

Thelma (2017) poster
3. Thelma2017

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

Divine Love (2019) poster
4. Divine Love2019

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

The Day I Lost My Shadow (2018) poster
5. The Day I Lost My Shadow2018

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

Nanny (2022) poster
6. Nanny2022

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

Clara Sola (2021) poster
7. Clara Sola2021

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

When Animals Dream (2014) poster
8. When Animals Dream2014

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

Foreboding (2017) poster
9. Foreboding2017

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

La Llorona (2019) poster
10. La Llorona2019

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

Lost River (2015) poster
11. Lost River2015

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

Another Earth (2011) poster
12. Another Earth2011

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

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