Films like The Keeping Hours.

The Keeping Hours (2017) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / fantasy, inventive 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 Kill Giants (2017) poster
1. I Kill Giants2017

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

Charlie St. Cloud (2010) poster
2. Charlie St. Cloud2010

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

I'll Follow You Down (2013) poster
3. I'll Follow You Down2013

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

Twilight (2008) poster
4. Twilight2008

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

Evil Eye (2020) poster
5. Evil Eye2020

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

DC Showcase: Death (2019) poster
6. DC Showcase: Death2019

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

Aporia (2023) poster
7. Aporia2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

Chico Xavier (2010) poster
8. Chico Xavier2010

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

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (2022) poster
9. The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes2022

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Black Box (2020) poster
10. Black Box2020

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

Fast Color (2019) poster
11. Fast Color2019

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

The Closet (2020) poster
12. The Closet2020

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

These are The Keeping Hours’s neighbours — where are yours?

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