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Films like The Immigrant.

The Immigrant (2013) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) poster
1. Every Thing Will Be Fine2015

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

Lorna's Silence (2008) poster
2. Lorna's Silence2008

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

Jerichow (2009) poster
3. Jerichow2009

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

Novitiate (2017) poster
4. Novitiate2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Nun (2013) poster
5. The Nun2013

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

Augustine (2012) poster
6. Augustine2012

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

The Great Indian Kitchen (2021) poster
7. The Great Indian Kitchen2021

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

Pure (2010) poster
8. Pure2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Sami Blood (2017) poster
9. Sami Blood2017

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

Elles (2011) poster
10. Elles2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Keep the Lights On (2012) poster
11. Keep the Lights On2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Grand Central (2013) poster
12. Grand Central2013

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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