Films like By the Time It Gets Dark.

By the Time It Gets Dark (2016) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, gentle drama, inventive 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.

Memoria 2 (placeholder) (2022) poster
1. Memoria 2 (placeholder)2022

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

Kaili Blues (2015) poster
2. Kaili Blues2015

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

Knight of Cups (2015) poster
3. Knight of Cups2015

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

Filme do Desassossego (2010) poster
4. Filme do Desassossego2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Song to Song (2017) poster
5. Song to Song2017

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

Suburban Birds (2018) poster
6. Suburban Birds2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Eternal Daughter (2022) poster
7. The Eternal Daughter2022

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

The Strange Case of Angelica (2010) poster
8. The Strange Case of Angelica2010

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Dead and the Others (2018) poster
9. The Dead and the Others2018

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

Taste (2021) poster
10. Taste2021

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

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) poster
11. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night2014

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

Manta Ray (2018) poster
12. Manta Ray2018

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

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