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Films like Things to Come.

Things to Come (2016) reads as Neutral, steady, measured drama, grounded 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.

Rafiki (2018) (2018) poster
1. Rafiki2018

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

Yomeddine (2018) poster
2. Yomeddine2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Microphone (2010) poster
3. Microphone2010

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

The Spectacular Now (2013) poster
4. The Spectacular Now2013

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

Goodbye First Love (2011) poster
5. Goodbye First Love2011

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

Dhobi Ghat (2010) poster
6. Dhobi Ghat2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Weekend (2011) poster
7. Weekend2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mud (2012) (2012) poster
8. Mud2012

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

Happy Old Year (2019) poster
9. Happy Old Year2019

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Eden Is West (2009) poster
10. Eden Is West2009

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

Mid90s (2018) poster
11. Mid90s2018

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

Gloria Bell (2018) poster
12. Gloria Bell2018

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

These are Things to Come’s neighbours — where are yours?

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