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Films like Limbo.

Limbo (2020) reads as Neutral, measured, measured comedy-drama / refugees, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Fallen Leaves (2023) poster
1. Fallen Leaves2023

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

In Our Day (2023) poster
2. In Our Day2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Taxi (Tehran) (2015) poster
3. Taxi (Tehran)2015

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

A Tramway in Jerusalem (2018) poster
4. A Tramway in Jerusalem2018

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

Fremont (2023) poster
5. Fremont2023

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

By the Stream (2024) poster
6. By the Stream2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Submarine (2011) poster
7. Submarine2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Father (2019) poster
8. The Father2019

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

Carmina or Blow Up (2012) poster
9. Carmina or Blow Up2012

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

Yourself and Yours (2016) poster
10. Yourself and Yours2016

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

Güeros (2014) poster
11. Güeros2014

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

Free Floating (2006) poster
12. Free Floating2006

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

These are Limbo’s neighbours — where are yours?

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