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Films like The Stoker.

The Stoker (2010) reads as Heavy, steady, measured crime / drama, 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.

Dumplings (2004) poster
1. Dumplings2004

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

Blue Spring (2001) poster
2. Blue Spring2001

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

Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) poster
3. Cobain: Montage of Heck2015

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

The Last Family (2016) poster
4. The Last Family2016

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

Wasted Youth (2011) poster
5. Wasted Youth2011

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

Creep (2014) (2014) poster
6. Creep2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010) poster
7. That Girl in Yellow Boots2010

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

House of Tolerance (2011) poster
8. House of Tolerance2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

We're All Christs (2006) poster
9. We're All Christs2006

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

Soul Kicking (2006) poster
10. Soul Kicking2006

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

Park (2016) poster
11. Park2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Suntan (2016) poster
12. Suntan2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Stoker’s neighbours — where are yours?

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