Films like Laurence Anyways.

Laurence Anyways (2012) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded 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.

Tokyo Sonata (2008) poster
1. Tokyo Sonata2008

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Mountains May Depart (2015) poster
2. Mountains May Depart2015

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

Félicité (2017) poster
3. Félicité2017

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

Grigris (2013) poster
4. Grigris2013

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Asako I & II (2018) poster
5. Asako I & II2018

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

Moonlight (Jenkins) — re-pass (2016) poster
6. Moonlight (Jenkins) — re-pass2016

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

A Fantastic Woman (2017) poster
7. A Fantastic Woman2017

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Parallel Mothers (2021) poster
8. Parallel Mothers2021

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

Ash Is Purest White (2018) poster
9. Ash Is Purest White2018

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

I Am Love (2009) (2009) poster
10. I Am Love2009

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

The Pianist ofthe Cinema2017
11. The Pianist of the Cinema2017

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

The Look ofSin(Indonesia)2010
12. The Look of Sin (Indonesia)2010

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

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