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Films like Monday.

Monday (2021) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded 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.

Hot Summer Nights (2018) poster
1. Hot Summer Nights2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Piranhas (2019) poster
2. Piranhas2019

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

I Saw the Light (2016) poster
3. I Saw the Light2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hick (2012) poster
4. Hick2012

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

The Last Will Be the Last (2015) poster
5. The Last Will Be the Last2015

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Kabir Singh (2019) poster
6. Kabir Singh2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crown Vic (2019) poster
7. Crown Vic2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lovers (2021) poster
8. Lovers2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Two Faces of January (2014) poster
9. The Two Faces of January2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Plush (2013) poster
10. Plush2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Riot Club (2014) poster
11. The Riot Club2014

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Black Tide (2018) poster
12. Black Tide2018

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Monday’s neighbours — where are yours?

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