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Films like To the Bone.

To the Bone (2017) reads as Sombre, measured, 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.

A Part of You (2024) poster
1. A Part of You2024

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

King Jack (2015) poster
2. King Jack2015

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crazy Heart (2009) poster
3. Crazy Heart2009

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

Wildlike (2015) poster
4. Wildlike2015

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

A Good Person (2023) poster
5. A Good Person2023

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

The Adopted (2011) poster
6. The Adopted2011

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

The Glass Castle (2017) poster
7. The Glass Castle2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Forsaken (2015) poster
8. Forsaken2015

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

Welcome to the Rileys (2010) poster
9. Welcome to the Rileys2010

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

Imperial Dreams (2014) poster
10. Imperial Dreams2014

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

Causeway (2022) poster
11. Causeway2022

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

How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) (2015) poster
12. How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)2015

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

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