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Films like The Diary.

The Diary (2024) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller / drama, grounded 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.

Elisa (2025) poster
1. Elisa2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ballistic (2026) poster
2. Ballistic2026

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025) poster
3. Tyler Perry's Duplicity2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

In the Name of Blood (2025) poster
4. In the Name of Blood2025

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Io sono Rosa Ricci (2025) poster
5. Io sono Rosa Ricci2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cherry (2021) poster
6. Cherry2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Many Saints of Newark (2021) poster
7. The Many Saints of Newark2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Good Teacher (2024) poster
8. The Good Teacher2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sirāt (2025) poster
9. Sirāt2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eagles of the Republic (2025) poster
10. Eagles of the Republic2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Diplomat (2025) poster
11. The Diplomat2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Was a Stranger (2025) poster
12. I Was a Stranger2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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