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Films like Pain and Glory.

Pain and Glory (2019) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama, 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.

Paris, 13th District (2021) poster
1. Paris, 13th District2021

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

Aurora (Portugal) (2018) poster
2. Aurora (Portugal)2018

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

One Fine Morning (2022) poster
3. One Fine Morning2022

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

The Heiresses (2018) poster
4. The Heiresses2018

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

The Summer of Sangaile (Lithuania) (2015) poster
5. The Summer of Sangaile (Lithuania)2015

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

The Truth (Kore-eda) (2019) poster
6. The Truth (Kore-eda)2019

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

The History of Sound (2025) poster
7. The History of Sound2025

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

Tomboy (2011) (2011) poster
8. Tomboy2011

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

White Sun (2016) poster
9. White Sun2016

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

Being 17 (2016) poster
10. Being 172016

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

Our Lady of the Nile (2019) poster
11. Our Lady of the Nile2019

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

The Painter and the Thief (2020) (2020) poster
12. The Painter and the Thief2020

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

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