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Films like The Square.

The Square (2017) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / comedy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

France (2021) poster
1. France2021

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

Reality (Garrone 2) (2012) poster
2. Reality (Garrone 2)2012

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

Feathers (2021) poster
3. Feathers2021

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

A DifferentMan — repeatguard2024
4. A Different Man — repeat guard2024

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

Wiener-Dog (2016) (2016) poster
5. Wiener-Dog2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Armand (2024) poster
6. Armand2024

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

Reality (2012) (2012) poster
7. Reality2012

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

Saltburn (2023) poster
8. Saltburn2023

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (2013) poster
9. The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas2013

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

A Different Man (2024) poster
10. A Different Man2024

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

The Tuner (2004) poster
11. The Tuner2004

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

The Future (2011) (2011) poster
12. The Future2011

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

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