FilmsWallsLike this

Films like Walls.

Walls (1990) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / prison, inventive 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.

The Eel (1997) poster
1. The Eel1997

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

Hour of the Star (1985) poster
2. Hour of the Star1985

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

License to Live (1998) poster
3. License to Live1998

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

Devarim (1995) poster
4. Devarim1995

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

To Sleep with Anger (1990) poster
5. To Sleep with Anger1990

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

Bro (1991) poster
6. Bro1991

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Letter to an Angel (1994) poster
7. Letter to an Angel1994

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Octobre (1993) poster
8. Octobre1993

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Talk to Her (2002) poster
9. Talk to Her2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Journey of a Young Composer (1985) poster
10. The Journey of a Young Composer1985

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Piano(1993)1993
11. The Piano1993

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

Hyenas (1996) poster
12. Hyenas1996

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

These are Walls’s neighbours — where are yours?

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