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Films like Him.

Him (2021) reads as Sombre, measured, gentle drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, 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.

The Truth About Emanuel (2013) poster
1. The Truth About Emanuel2013

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

Jonathan (2018) poster
2. Jonathan2018

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

All I See Is You (2017) poster
3. All I See Is You2017

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

Earthquake Bird (2019) poster
4. Earthquake Bird2019

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

We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2019) poster
5. We Have Always Lived in the Castle2019

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

K.O. (2017) poster
6. K.O.2017

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

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

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

Lucy in the Sky (2019) poster
8. Lucy in the Sky2019

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

The Roads Not Taken (2020) poster
9. The Roads Not Taken2020

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

The Falling (2015) poster
10. The Falling2015

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

Old Man (2022) poster
11. Old Man2022

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

The Nest (2019) poster
12. The Nest2019

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

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