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Films like May December.

May December (2023) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama, grounded 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.

Rojo (2018) poster
1. Rojo2018

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

Misericordia (2024) poster
2. Misericordia2024

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

No Bears (2022) poster
3. No Bears2022

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

Ahed's Knee (2021) poster
4. Ahed's Knee2021

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

Hard Truths (Mike Leigh) (2024) poster
5. Hard Truths (Mike Leigh)2024

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

Aferim! (2015) poster
6. Aferim!2015

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

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017) poster
7. Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts2017

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

Hard Truths —repeat guard2024
8. Hard Truths — repeat guard2024

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

R.M.N. (2022) (2022) poster
9. R.M.N.2022

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

A Death in the Gunj (2016) poster
10. A Death in the Gunj2016

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

The Irishman (2019) poster
11. The Irishman2019

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

The Beguiled (2017) (2017) poster
12. The Beguiled2017

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

These are May December’s neighbours — where are yours?

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