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Films like The Plague.

The Plague (2018) reads as Sombre, measured, measured thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Apprentice (2016) poster
1. Apprentice2016

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

Dormant Beauty (2012) poster
2. Dormant Beauty2012

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

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) poster
3. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk2016

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

Procession (2021) (2021) poster
4. Procession2021

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

Razzia (2017) poster
5. Razzia2017

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

The German Doctor (2013) poster
6. The German Doctor2013

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

Five Fingers for Marseilles (2017) poster
7. Five Fingers for Marseilles2017

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

Wandering (2022) poster
8. Wandering2022

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

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021) poster
9. Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle2021

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

1945 (2017) poster
10. 19452017

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

Circles (2013) poster
11. Circles2013

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

City on the River (Pilsēta pie upes) (2020) poster
12. City on the River (Pilsēta pie upes)2020

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

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