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Films like My Joy.

My Joy (2010) reads as Heavy, measured, extreme drama / ukrainian, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

The Arbor (2010) poster
1. The Arbor2010

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

The Tribe (2014) poster
2. The Tribe2014

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

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) poster
3. We Need to Talk About Kevin2011

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

Tom at the Farm (2013) (2013) poster
4. Tom at the Farm2013

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Burning (re-pass) (2018) poster
5. Burning (re-pass)2018

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Gentle Creature (2017) poster
6. A Gentle Creature2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Piano Teacher (2001) poster
7. The Piano Teacher2001

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

Ivy (2015) poster
8. Ivy2015

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

Bastards (2013) poster
9. Bastards2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Caché (Haneke) — re-pass (2005) poster
10. Caché (Haneke) — re-pass2005

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

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) poster
11. Martha Marcy May Marlene2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Stations of the Cross (2014) poster
12. Stations of the Cross2014

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

These are My Joy’s neighbours — where are yours?

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