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Films like Last Summer.

Last Summer (2023) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / coming-of-age, grounded 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.

Brother and Sister (2022) poster
1. Brother and Sister2022

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

Mother (2019) poster
2. Mother2019

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

Miss Julie (2014) poster
3. Miss Julie2014

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

The Assistant (2019) poster
4. The Assistant2019

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

The Rapture (2023) poster
5. The Rapture2023

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

The Card Counter (2021) poster
6. The Card Counter2021

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

The Power of the Dog (2021) poster
7. The Power of the Dog2021

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

Autobiography (2022) (2022) poster
8. Autobiography2022

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

Saint Omer (2022) poster
9. Saint Omer2022

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Assistant (2020) poster
10. The Assistant2020

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

Play (2011) (2011) poster
11. Play2011

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

Aloners (2021) poster
12. Aloners2021

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

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