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Films like Good Manners.

Good Manners (2017) reads as Sombre, measured, measured horror / 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.

Big Big World (2016) poster
1. Big Big World2016

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

Singing Women (2013) poster
2. Singing Women2013

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

Critical Zone (2023) poster
3. Critical Zone2023

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

Queer (2024) poster
4. Queer2024

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

Divine Love (2019) poster
5. Divine Love2019

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

Nanny (2022) poster
6. Nanny2022

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

The Innkeepers (2011) (2011) poster
7. The Innkeepers2011

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

September Says (2024) poster
8. September Says2024

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

Palermo Shooting (2008) poster
9. Palermo Shooting2008

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

To Die Like a Man (2009) poster
10. To Die Like a Man2009

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

Chaotic Ana (2007) poster
11. Chaotic Ana2007

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

Presence (2024) poster
12. Presence2024

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

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