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Films like Experimenter.

Experimenter (2015) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle drama / history, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Tesla (2020) poster
1. Tesla2020

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

The New Girlfriend (2014) poster
2. The New Girlfriend2014

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

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009) poster
3. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno2009

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

Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present (2012) poster
4. Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present2012

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

The Velvet Underground (2021) poster
5. The Velvet Underground2021

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Tale of King Crab (2021) poster
6. The Tale of King Crab2021

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

Howl (2010) poster
7. Howl2010

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

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2019) poster
8. Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles2019

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a deep human warmth.

The Edge of the Empire (2010) poster
9. The Edge of the Empire2010

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

Paris Is Us (2019) poster
10. Paris Is Us2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Mary (2005) poster
11. Mary2005

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

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016) poster
12. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a gentle temperature.

These are Experimenter’s neighbours — where are yours?

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