Films like Decision to Leave — repeat guard.

Decision to Leave — repeat guard (2022) reads as Sombre, steady, measured thriller / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Decision to Leave (2022) poster
1. Decision to Leave2022

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

Mysteries of Lisbon (2010) poster
2. Mysteries of Lisbon2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Mother of All Lies (2023) poster
3. The Mother of All Lies2023

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Latin Blood – The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso (2025) poster
4. Latin Blood – The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso2025

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

The Handmaiden (2016) poster
5. The Handmaiden2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Broken Embraces (2009) poster
6. Broken Embraces2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Marty Supreme (2025) poster
7. Marty Supreme2025

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eden (2025) poster
8. Eden2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025) poster
9. Hurry Up Tomorrow2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

One Battle After Another (2025) poster
10. One Battle After Another2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Last Duel (2021) poster
11. The Last Duel2021

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Salvable (2025) poster
12. Salvable2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

These are Decision to Leave — repeat guard’s neighbours — where are yours?

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