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Films like The Future.

The Future (2011) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / fantasy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

20,000 Days on Earth (2014) poster
1. 20,000 Days on Earth2014

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

Tabu (2012) (2012) poster
2. Tabu2012

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

To Die Like a Man (2009) poster
3. To Die Like a Man2009

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

The Great Beauty (2013) poster
4. The Great Beauty2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Anomalisa (2015) poster
5. Anomalisa2015

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

The Fits (2015) (2015) poster
6. The Fits2015

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

The Last Time I Saw Macao (2012) poster
7. The Last Time I Saw Macao2012

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

La Chimera (2023) poster
8. La Chimera2023

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

The Square (2017) poster
9. The Square2017

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

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) poster
10. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night2014

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

Feathers (2021) poster
11. Feathers2021

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

Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly (2008) poster
12. Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly2008

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are The Future’s neighbours — where are yours?

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