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Films like Home.

Home (2008) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Half Moon (2006) poster
1. Half Moon2006

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

Imani (2010) poster
2. Imani2010

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

Angels of the Universe (2000) poster
3. Angels of the Universe2000

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

The Red Ribbon (1999) poster
4. The Red Ribbon1999

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

Iron Island (2005) poster
5. Iron Island2005

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

Jogwa (2009) poster
6. Jogwa2009

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

Madeinusa (2006) poster
7. Madeinusa2006

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

Breath (2007) poster
8. Breath2007

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

They Look Like People (2016) poster
9. They Look Like People2016

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

Son of Sofia (2017) poster
10. Son of Sofia2017

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

Wajib (1998) poster
11. Wajib1998

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

License to Live (1998) poster
12. License to Live1998

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

These are Home’s neighbours — where are yours?

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