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Films like Jolene.

Jolene (2010) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Holy Rollers (2010) poster
1. Holy Rollers2010

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

The Narrows (2008) poster
2. The Narrows2008

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

Boomerang (2015) poster
3. Boomerang2015

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

Obsession (2015) poster
4. Obsession2015

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

The Devil's Violinist (2013) poster
5. The Devil's Violinist2013

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

Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010) poster
6. Jesse Stone: No Remorse2010

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

Last Night (2010) poster
7. Last Night2010

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

The Education of Charlie Banks (2007) poster
8. The Education of Charlie Banks2007

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

I Am Michael (2015) poster
9. I Am Michael2015

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

Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006) poster
10. Jesse Stone: Night Passage2006

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

Fucking Berlin (2016) poster
11. Fucking Berlin2016

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

Deseo (2013) poster
12. Deseo2013

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

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