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Films like Waves.

Waves (2024) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, 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 Spy Gone North (2018) poster
1. The Spy Gone North2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jack Strong (2014) poster
2. Jack Strong2014

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

Navalny (2022) poster
3. Navalny2022

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

Black Beach (2020) poster
4. Black Beach2020

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

Shoshana (2024) poster
5. Shoshana2024

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

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) poster
6. Judas and the Black Messiah2021

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

How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023) poster
7. How to Blow Up a Pipeline2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Jana Gana Mana (2022) poster
8. Jana Gana Mana2022

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

The Green Deal (2024) poster
9. The Green Deal2024

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Virus (2019) poster
10. Virus2019

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

Chasing Coral (2017) poster
11. Chasing Coral2017

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

One Nation, One King (2018) poster
12. One Nation, One King2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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