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Films like Pieta.

Pieta (2012) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme drama, inventive 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.

You Were Never Really Here (2017) poster
1. You Were Never Really Here2017

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

Funny Games (2007) (2007) poster
2. Funny Games2007

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

Bastards (2013) poster
3. Bastards2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Of Good Report (2013) poster
4. Of Good Report2013

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

Limbo (2021) (2021) poster
5. Limbo2021

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

Morphine (2008) poster
6. Morphine2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

You Were NeverReally Here —repeat guard2017
7. You Were Never Really Here — repeat guard2017

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

The Tribe (2014) poster
8. The Tribe2014

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

Tony Manero (2008) poster
9. Tony Manero2008

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

Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016) poster
10. Raman Raghav 2.02016

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

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

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

Son of Saul (2015) poster
12. Son of Saul2015

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

These are Pieta’s neighbours — where are yours?

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