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Films like Jack & Diane.

Jack & Diane (2012) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / horror, 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.

One & Two (2015) poster
1. One & Two2015

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

Clara Sola (2021) poster
2. Clara Sola2021

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

Boys in the Trees (2016) poster
3. Boys in the Trees2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Sicilian Ghost Story (2017) poster
4. Sicilian Ghost Story2017

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) poster
5. Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus2006

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

You Won't Be Alone (2022) poster
6. You Won't Be Alone2022

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Jamie Marks Is Dead (2014) poster
7. Jamie Marks Is Dead2014

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

A.I. Rising (2018) poster
8. A.I. Rising2018

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

To Kill the Beast (2021) poster
9. To Kill the Beast2021

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

Year Without a Summer (2010) poster
10. Year Without a Summer2010

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

Insomnia (2014) poster
11. Insomnia2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

The Wall (2012) poster
12. The Wall2012

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

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