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Films like Volubilis.

Volubilis (2017) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, 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.

Marx Can Wait (2021) poster
1. Marx Can Wait2021

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

A Copy of My Mind (2015) poster
2. A Copy of My Mind2015

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

Carmín Tropical (2014) poster
3. Carmín Tropical2014

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

Eyimofe (2020) poster
4. Eyimofe2020

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

Softie (2022) poster
5. Softie2022

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

The First Fallen (2021) poster
6. The First Fallen2021

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

Sorry Angel (2018) poster
7. Sorry Angel2018

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

Rebecca (2020 Wheatley) (2020) poster
8. Rebecca (2020 Wheatley)2020

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

Something Useful (2017) poster
9. Something Useful2017

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

Our Lady of the Nile (2019) poster
10. Our Lady of the Nile2019

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

Stories of Our Lives (2014) poster
11. Stories of Our Lives2014

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

The Pit (2020 Latvia) (2020) poster
12. The Pit (2020 Latvia)2020

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

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