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Films like Beans.

Beans (2020) reads as Sombre, steady, extreme drama / indigenous, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Haytarma (2013) poster
1. Haytarma2013

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

Woman Walks Ahead (2018) poster
2. Woman Walks Ahead2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

10 Days Before the Wedding (2018) poster
3. 10 Days Before the Wedding2018

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

600 Miles (2015) poster
4. 600 Miles2015

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

Mom (2017) poster
5. Mom2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Minamata (2020) poster
6. Minamata2020

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

3000 Nights (2015) poster
7. 3000 Nights2015

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

The Last Princess (2016) poster
8. The Last Princess2016

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

Persian Lessons (2020) poster
9. Persian Lessons2020

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

Kings (2017) poster
10. Kings2017

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

The Invisibles (2017) poster
11. The Invisibles2017

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

Hyena Road (2015) poster
12. Hyena Road2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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