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Films like Knife+Heart.

Knife+Heart (2018) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured horror / giallo, 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.

Tiger Stripes (2023) (2023) poster
1. Tiger Stripes2023

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

Gandu (2010) poster
2. Gandu2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Double Lover (2017) poster
3. Double Lover2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Last Night in Soho (2021) poster
4. Last Night in Soho2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

24 Hours with Gaspar (2023) poster
5. 24 Hours with Gaspar2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Helter Skelter (2012) poster
6. Helter Skelter2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Malignant (2021) poster
7. Malignant2021

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

Don't Worry Darling (2022) poster
8. Don't Worry Darling2022

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

Demon (2015) poster
9. Demon2015

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Bacurau (2019) (2019) poster
10. Bacurau2019

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

Fresh (2022) (2022) poster
11. Fresh2022

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

Ema (Pablo Larraín) (2019) poster
12. Ema (Pablo Larraín)2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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