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Films like Alila.

Alila (2003) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / ensemble, 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.

Devarim (1995) poster
1. Devarim1995

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

10 to 11 (2009) poster
2. 10 to 112009

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

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (2002) poster
3. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart2002

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

The Eel (1997) poster
4. The Eel1997

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

Heliopolis (2009) poster
5. Heliopolis2009

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

Day After Day (1998) poster
6. Day After Day1998

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

Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) poster
7. Los Angeles Plays Itself2003

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

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

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

Dear Doctor (2009) poster
9. Dear Doctor2009

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

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) poster
10. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005

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

The Edukators (2004) poster
11. The Edukators2004

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

Instrument (1999) (1999) poster
12. Instrument1999

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Alila’s neighbours — where are yours?

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