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Films like Oblomov.

Oblomov (1980) reads as Neutral, measured, measured drama / literary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender. 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.

Five Evenings (1979) poster
1. Five Evenings1979

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

Pauline at the Beach (1983) poster
2. Pauline at the Beach1983

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

When FatherWas Away onBusiness — repeat guard1985
3. When Father Was Away on Business — repeat guard1985

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

Yaaba (1989) poster
4. Yaaba1989

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

The Tree We Hurt (1986) poster
5. The Tree We Hurt1986

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

The Child of Man (1991) poster
6. The Child of Man1991

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Agantuk (1991) poster
7. Agantuk1991

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

Life Is Sweet (1990) poster
8. Life Is Sweet1990

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

Four Days in July (1985) poster
9. Four Days in July1985

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

Ginger and Fred (1986) poster
10. Ginger and Fred1986

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

Crossroad Street (1988) poster
11. Crossroad Street1988

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

A Swedish Love Story (1970) poster
12. A Swedish Love Story1970

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

These are Oblomov’s neighbours — where are yours?

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