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Films like Cocoon.

Cocoon (1995) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, measured short / experimental, 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.

A Thousand Clouds of Peace (2003) poster
1. A Thousand Clouds of Peace2003

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

Earth of the Blind (1992) poster
2. Earth of the Blind1992

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

Landscape in the Mist (1988) poster
3. Landscape in the Mist1988

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

What Time Is It There? (2001) poster
4. What Time Is It There?2001

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

Ten Minutes Before the Flight of Icarus (1990) poster
5. Ten Minutes Before the Flight of Icarus1990

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

Broken Sky (2006) poster
6. Broken Sky2006

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

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006) poster
7. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone2006

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

Dance of Dust (1992) poster
8. Dance of Dust1992

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Octobre (1993) poster
9. Octobre1993

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

Down to Earth (1994) poster
10. Down to Earth1994

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

Dolls (Kitano) (2002) poster
11. Dolls (Kitano)2002

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

D'Est (1993) poster
12. D'Est1993

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

These are Cocoon’s neighbours — where are yours?

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