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Films like Silkwood.

Silkwood (1983) reads as Heavy, steady, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Matewan (1987) poster
1. Matewan1987

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

Boycott (1985) poster
2. Boycott1985

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

American Dream (1990) poster
3. American Dream1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Official Story (1985) poster
4. The Official Story1985

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

Time for Revenge (1981) poster
5. Time for Revenge1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jean de Florette (1986) poster
6. Jean de Florette1986

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

Rosa Luxemburg (1986) poster
7. Rosa Luxemburg1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Killing Floor (1984) poster
8. The Killing Floor1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Manon des Sources (1986) poster
9. Manon des Sources1986

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

Breaker Morant (1980) poster
10. Breaker Morant1980

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

A Dry White Season (1989) (1989) poster
11. A Dry White Season1989

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

The Heiresses (1980) poster
12. The Heiresses1980

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

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