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Films like Ashik Kerib.

Ashik Kerib (1988) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle drama / fantasy, surreal in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, 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.

MirrorMask (2005) poster
1. MirrorMask2005

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Perceval (1978) poster
2. Perceval1978

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Dove's Lost Necklace (1991) poster
3. The Dove's Lost Necklace1991

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Hungarian Fairy Tale (1987) poster
4. Hungarian Fairy Tale1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

My 20th Century (1989) poster
5. My 20th Century1989

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Gwen, the Book of Sand (1985) poster
6. Gwen, the Book of Sand1985

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

Faraway, So Close! (1993) poster
7. Faraway, So Close!1993

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985) poster
8. The Legend of Suram Fortress1985

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

Tale of Tales (1979) poster
9. Tale of Tales1979

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988) poster
10. The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober1988

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Orlando (1992) (1992) poster
11. Orlando1992

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Lady in the Water (2006) poster
12. Lady in the Water2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

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