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Films like Bad Roads.

Bad Roads (2020) reads as Heavy, measured, extreme drama / war, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. 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 Settlers (2023) poster
1. The Settlers2023

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

The Nightingale (2018) (2018) poster
2. The Nightingale2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Notebook (2013) poster
3. The Notebook2013

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

Harmonium (2016) poster
4. Harmonium2016

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

Holiday (2018) poster
5. Holiday2018

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

Devil's Freedom (2017) poster
6. Devil's Freedom2017

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

Caterpillar (2010) poster
7. Caterpillar2010

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

Black Venus (2010) poster
8. Black Venus2010

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

Speak No Evil (2022) (2022) poster
9. Speak No Evil2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

You Were NeverReally Here —repeat guard2017
10. You Were Never Really Here — repeat guard2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Son of Saul (2015) poster
11. Son of Saul2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pororoca (2017) poster
12. Pororoca2017

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

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