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Films like Spring.

Spring (2014) reads as Neutral, measured, measured horror / romance, surreal 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.

Coraline (2009) poster
1. Coraline2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Wendy (Behn Zeitlin) (2020) poster
2. Wendy (Behn Zeitlin)2020

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Where the WildThings Are 2(placeholder)2009
3. Where the Wild Things Are 2 (placeholder)2009

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

Beautiful Creatures (2013) poster
4. Beautiful Creatures2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Fall (2006) (2006) poster
5. The Fall2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

The Shape of Water (2017) poster
6. The Shape of Water2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Good Manners (2018) poster
7. Good Manners2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) poster
8. Three Thousand Years of Longing2022

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going (1995) poster
9. Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going1995

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Pinocchio (2022) poster
10. Pinocchio2022

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

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) poster
11. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022

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

The Boy and the Heron (2023) poster
12. The Boy and the Heron2023

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Spring’s neighbours — where are yours?

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