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Films like Breakthrough.

Breakthrough (2019) reads as Neutral, steady, measured drama / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender. 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 Danish Girl (2015) poster
1. The Danish Girl2015

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

Faith in the Impossible (2025) poster
2. Faith in the Impossible2025

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

Kokuho (2025) poster
3. Kokuho2025

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

The Next 365 Days (2022) poster
4. The Next 365 Days2022

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

Purple Hearts (2022) poster
5. Purple Hearts2022

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

Life in a Year (2020) poster
6. Life in a Year2020

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

Gabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020) poster
7. Gabriel's Inferno: Part III2020

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

2 Hearts (2020) poster
8. 2 Hearts2020

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

Fifty Shades Freed (2018) poster
9. Fifty Shades Freed2018

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

The Tearsmith (2024) poster
10. The Tearsmith2024

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

Drawing Closer (2024) poster
11. Drawing Closer2024

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

My Name Is Loh Kiwan (2024) poster
12. My Name Is Loh Kiwan2024

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

These are Breakthrough’s neighbours — where are yours?

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