Films like Tom at the Farm.

Tom at the Farm (2014) reads as Heavy, steady, measured drama / thriller, 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.

Always Shine (2016) poster
1. Always Shine2016

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

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

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

Inexorable (2021) poster
3. Inexorable2021

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

Firstborn (2017) poster
4. Firstborn2017

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

Birdshot (2016) poster
5. Birdshot2016

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

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

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Park (2016) poster
7. Park2016

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

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) poster
8. Martha Marcy May Marlene2011

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

Spencer (2021) poster
9. Spencer2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Queen of Earth (2015) poster
10. Queen of Earth2015

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

The Peasants (2023) poster
11. The Peasants2023

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

Two-Legged Horse (2008) poster
12. Two-Legged Horse2008

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

These are Tom at the Farm’s neighbours — where are yours?

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