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Films like Les Innocents.

Les Innocents (1987) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / romance, inventive 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.

Rendez-vous (1985) poster
1. Rendez-vous1985

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

Scene of the Crime (1986) poster
2. Scene of the Crime1986

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

Another Woman (1988) poster
3. Another Woman1988

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

Devil in the Flesh (1986) poster
4. Devil in the Flesh1986

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

China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) poster
5. China 9, Liberty 371978

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

Vincent & Theo (1990) poster
6. Vincent & Theo1990

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

Miss Nobody (1996) poster
7. Miss Nobody1996

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

La Luna (1979) poster
8. La Luna1979

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

Captain Khorshid (1987) poster
9. Captain Khorshid1987

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

Bezness (1992) poster
10. Bezness1992

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

Weekend Lover (1995) poster
11. Weekend Lover1995

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

Pale Rider (1985) (1985) poster
12. Pale Rider1985

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

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