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Films like September Says.

September Says (2024) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Queer (2024) poster
1. Queer2024

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

Queer (2024) —repeat guard2024
2. Queer (2024) — repeat guard2024

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

Memories of My Body (2018) poster
3. Memories of My Body2018

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

Martin Eden (2019) poster
4. Martin Eden2019

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

The End (Joshua Oppenheimer) (2024) poster
5. The End (Joshua Oppenheimer)2024

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

Maria (2024) poster
6. Maria2024

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

La Chimera (2023) poster
7. La Chimera2023

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

Parthenope (Sorrentino) (2024) poster
8. Parthenope (Sorrentino)2024

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

Parthenope (2024) poster
9. Parthenope2024

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

To Die Like a Man (2009) poster
10. To Die Like a Man2009

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

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) poster
11. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night2014

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

Good Manners (2017) poster
12. Good Manners2017

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

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