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Films like Che.

Che (2008) reads as Heavy, measured, measured 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.

When theLevees Broke(2006)2006
1. When the Levees Broke2006

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Babel (2006) poster
2. Babel2006

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

Into the Abyss (2011) poster
3. Into the Abyss2011

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

Rabin, the Last Day (2015) poster
4. Rabin, the Last Day2015

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

Jackie (2016) (2016) poster
5. Jackie2016

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

Silence (2016)2016
6. Silence2016

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

Silence (Scorsese) — re-pass (2016) poster
7. Silence (Scorsese) — re-pass2016

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

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) poster
8. The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006

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

The Look of Silence (2014) poster
9. The Look of Silence2014

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

The Emperor and the Assassin (1998) poster
10. The Emperor and the Assassin1998

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

Flags of Our Fathers (2006) poster
11. Flags of Our Fathers2006

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

I Am Not Your Negro (2016) poster
12. I Am Not Your Negro2016

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

These are Che’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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