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Films like Howl.

Howl (2010) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle drama, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

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

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

Experimenter (2015) poster
2. Experimenter2015

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

Klimt (2006) poster
3. Klimt2006

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

Ricordi? (2019) poster
4. Ricordi?2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

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

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

Trenque Lauquen (2022) poster
6. Trenque Lauquen2022

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

Café de Flore (2011) poster
7. Café de Flore2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

The Man from Earth (2007) poster
8. The Man from Earth2007

Keeps the gentle temperature and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019) poster
9. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese2019

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (2013) poster
10. Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?2013

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

Mundane History (2009) poster
11. Mundane History2009

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Lilies Not for Me (2025) poster
12. Lilies Not for Me2025

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Howl’s neighbours — where are yours?

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