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Films like The Similars.

The Similars (2015) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / horror, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

The Mortuary Collection (2020) poster
1. The Mortuary Collection2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

No Smoking (2007) poster
2. No Smoking2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016) poster
3. Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

The Incident (2014) poster
4. The Incident2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Digging Up the Marrow (2015) poster
5. Digging Up the Marrow2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Master and Margarita (2024) poster
6. The Master and Margarita2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Beyond the Gates (2016) poster
7. Beyond the Gates2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Hanagatami (2017) poster
8. Hanagatami2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Trapped Ashes (2006) poster
9. Trapped Ashes2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Re-cycle (2006) poster
10. Re-cycle2006

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

Coherence (2013) (2013) poster
11. Coherence2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mute (2018) (2018) poster
12. Mute2018

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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