Films like The Five Devils.

The Five Devils (2022) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / fantasy, surreal 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.

I Lost My Body (2019) poster
1. I Lost My Body2019

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

Air Doll (2009) poster
2. Air Doll2009

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

Air Doll (re-pass) (2009) poster
3. Air Doll (re-pass)2009

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

Undine (2020) poster
4. Undine2020

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

Good Manners (2018) poster
5. Good Manners2018

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

Boys in the Trees (2016) poster
6. Boys in the Trees2016

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

The Seen and Unseen (2017) poster
7. The Seen and Unseen2017

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

Apples (2020) poster
8. Apples2020

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

Lazzaro Felice (Re-pass) (2018) poster
9. Lazzaro Felice (Re-pass)2018

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Ornithologist (2016) poster
10. The Ornithologist2016

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

Big Big World (2016) poster
11. Big Big World2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Good Manners (2017) poster
12. Good Manners2017

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

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