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Films like Bad Living.

Bad Living (2023) reads as Heavy, measured, measured hotel / women, 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.

The Stranger (2021) poster
1. The Stranger2021

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

Stars at Noon (2022) poster
2. Stars at Noon2022

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Beguiled (2017) (2017) poster
3. The Beguiled2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Forest – I See You Everywhere (2021) poster
4. Forest – I See You Everywhere2021

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

The River (2018) poster
5. The River2018

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

Banzo (2024) poster
6. Banzo2024

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

A White, White Day (2019) poster
7. A White, White Day2019

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

Spring Tide (2019) poster
8. Spring Tide2019

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

Revivre (2014) poster
9. Revivre2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Benediction (2021) poster
10. Benediction2021

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

Solo, Solitude (2016) poster
11. Solo, Solitude2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Colo (2017) poster
12. Colo2017

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

These are Bad Living’s neighbours — where are yours?

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