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Films like Violation.

Violation (2020) reads as Heavy, measured, extreme horror / 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.

Saint Maud (2020) poster
1. Saint Maud2020

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

Red White & Blue (2010) poster
2. Red White & Blue2010

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

Miss Violence (2013) poster
3. Miss Violence2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Goodnight Mommy (2015) poster
4. Goodnight Mommy2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a heightened unreality.

The Stylist (2020) poster
5. The Stylist2020

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

The Ape (2009) poster
6. The Ape2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Michael (2011) poster
7. Michael2011

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

The Eyes of My Mother (2016) poster
8. The Eyes of My Mother2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Family Dinner (2023) poster
9. Family Dinner2023

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

Found (2012) poster
10. Found2012

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

Ivy (2015) poster
11. Ivy2015

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

Holiday (2018) poster
12. Holiday2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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