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Films like Lust Stories.

Lust Stories (2018) reads as Neutral, steady, gentle drama / romance, grounded 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.

Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) poster
1. Clouds of Sils Maria2014

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

Gemini (2017)2017
2. Gemini2017

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

The Kirishima Thing (2012) poster
3. The Kirishima Thing2012

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

Berlin, I Love You (2019) poster
4. Berlin, I Love You2019

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

Selamat Pagi, Malam (2014) poster
5. Selamat Pagi, Malam2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The King of Laughter (2021) poster
6. The King of Laughter2021

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

My Golden Days (2015) poster
7. My Golden Days2015

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

The Misplaced World (2015) poster
8. The Misplaced World2015

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

Bellamy (2009) poster
9. Bellamy2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2012) poster
10. Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me2012

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

Examined Life (2008) (2008) poster
11. Examined Life2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Marguerite (2015) poster
12. Marguerite2015

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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