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Films like Kaili Blues.

Kaili Blues (2015) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, gentle drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

By the Time It Gets Dark (2016) poster
1. By the Time It Gets Dark2016

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

Song to Song (2017) poster
2. Song to Song2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Taste (2021) poster
3. Taste2021

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

Knight of Cups (2015) poster
4. Knight of Cups2015

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

Memoria 2 (placeholder) (2022) poster
5. Memoria 2 (placeholder)2022

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

In Water (2023) (2023) poster
6. In Water2023

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Was at Home, But (2019) poster
7. I Was at Home, But2019

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

Eureka (2023) poster
8. Eureka2023

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

The Dreamed Path (2016) poster
9. The Dreamed Path2016

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

Manta Ray (2018) poster
10. Manta Ray2018

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

24 Frames (2017) poster
11. 24 Frames2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Shirin (2008) poster
12. Shirin2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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