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Films like Waves.

Waves (2019) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Sound of Metal (2019) poster
1. Sound of Metal2019

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

Mommy (2014) (2014) poster
2. Mommy2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mommy (Dolan) — re-pass (2014) poster
3. Mommy (Dolan) — re-pass2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Karnan (2021) poster
4. Karnan2021

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

A Fantastic Woman (2017) poster
5. A Fantastic Woman2017

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

Trivisa (2016) poster
6. Trivisa2016

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

Home (2016) poster
7. Home2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Blood of My Blood (2011) poster
8. Blood of My Blood2011

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

Return to Seoul (2022) poster
9. Return to Seoul2022

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

Life and a Day (2016) poster
10. Life and a Day2016

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

Grigris (2013) poster
11. Grigris2013

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

Locke (2013) poster
12. Locke2013

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

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