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Films like The Conviction.

The Conviction (1991) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / trial, 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.

M. Butterfly (1993) poster
1. M. Butterfly1993

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

The Underneath (1995) poster
2. The Underneath1995

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

The Rebellion (1993) poster
3. The Rebellion1993

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

Maya Memsaab (1993) poster
4. Maya Memsaab1993

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

The Portrait of a Lady (1996) poster
5. The Portrait of a Lady1996

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

Another Woman (1988) poster
6. Another Woman1988

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

Temptress Moon (1996) poster
7. Temptress Moon1996

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

Fools (1997) poster
8. Fools1997

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

Les Innocents (1987) poster
9. Les Innocents1987

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

Nine (2002) poster
10. Nine2002

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

Here on Earth (1993) poster
11. Here on Earth1993

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

The Hourglass (1985) poster
12. The Hourglass1985

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

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