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Films like Lost River.

Lost River (2015) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / fantasy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Johanna (2005) poster
1. Johanna2005

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

Scales (2019) poster
2. Scales2019

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

Insomnia (2014) poster
3. Insomnia2014

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

You Won't Be Alone (2022) poster
4. You Won't Be Alone2022

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

Absentia (2011) poster
5. Absentia2011

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

Another Earth (2011) poster
6. Another Earth2011

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

When Animals Dream (2014) poster
7. When Animals Dream2014

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

Hellbender (2021) poster
8. Hellbender2021

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

Sicilian Ghost Story (2017) poster
9. Sicilian Ghost Story2017

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

Me Too (2012) poster
10. Me Too2012

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

Monsters (2010) (2010) poster
11. Monsters2010

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

To Kill the Beast (2021) poster
12. To Kill the Beast2021

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

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