Films like The First Fallen.

The First Fallen (2021) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / lgbt, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Great Freedom (2021) poster
1. Great Freedom2021

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

Softie (2022) poster
2. Softie2022

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

Volubilis (2017) poster
3. Volubilis2017

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

Honey Boy (2019) poster
4. Honey Boy2019

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

Marx Can Wait (2021) poster
5. Marx Can Wait2021

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

Sibel (2018) poster
6. Sibel2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Disobedience (2017) poster
7. Disobedience2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Until Tomorrow (2022) poster
8. Until Tomorrow2022

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sweet Dreams (2016) poster
9. Sweet Dreams2016

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

Oh Mercy! (2019) poster
10. Oh Mercy!2019

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

Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016) poster
11. Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet2016

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

The Pit (2020) poster
12. The Pit2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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