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Films like Joshua.

Joshua (2007) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme drama / thriller, 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.

Hidden (2009) poster
1. Hidden2009

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

The Nameless (1999) poster
2. The Nameless1999

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

Suicide Room (2011) poster
3. Suicide Room2011

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

5150 Elm's Way (2009) poster
4. 5150 Elm's Way2009

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

Antarctic Journal (2005) poster
5. Antarctic Journal2005

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

Silent House (2011) poster
6. Silent House2011

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

1922 (2017) poster
7. 19222017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The King of Pigs (2011) poster
8. The King of Pigs2011

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

Spiral (2007) poster
9. Spiral2007

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

Shrew's Nest (2014) poster
10. Shrew's Nest2014

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

The Borderlands (2014) poster
11. The Borderlands2014

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

Found (2012) poster
12. Found2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

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