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Films like Leviathan.

Leviathan (2013) reads as Heavy, slow-burn, measured documentary, surreal 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.

Leviathan (2012) (2012) poster
1. Leviathan2012

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

A Hole in My Heart (2005) poster
2. A Hole in My Heart2005

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

Seven Invisible Men (2005) poster
3. Seven Invisible Men2005

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

Arirang (2011) poster
4. Arirang2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Amer (2009) (2009) poster
5. Amer2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Outside Satan (2011) poster
6. Outside Satan2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Hotel (2004) poster
7. Hotel2004

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) poster
8. Julien Donkey-Boy1999

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

Zoo (2007) poster
9. Zoo2007

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

Sombre (1998) poster
10. Sombre1998

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

Valhalla Rising (2009) poster
11. Valhalla Rising2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie (1997) poster
12. Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie1997

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

These are Leviathan’s neighbours — where are yours?

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