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Films like Egoist.

Egoist (2023) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, 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.

One Second (2020) poster
1. One Second2020

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

Great Freedom (2021) poster
2. Great Freedom2021

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

Sun Children (2020) poster
3. Sun Children2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

A Thousand and One (2023) poster
4. A Thousand and One2023

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

The First Fallen (2021) poster
5. The First Fallen2021

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Under the Open Sky (2020) poster
6. Under the Open Sky2020

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Cakemaker (2017) poster
7. The Cakemaker2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Two Blue Stripes (2019) poster
8. Two Blue Stripes2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Until Tomorrow (2022) poster
9. Until Tomorrow2022

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

Today (2014) poster
10. Today2014

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

Daughter (2016) poster
11. Daughter2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Disobedience (2017) poster
12. Disobedience2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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