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Films like Soni.

Soni (2018) reads as Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama / crime, 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.

Graduation (2016) (2016) poster
1. Graduation2016

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

Saint Omer (2022) poster
2. Saint Omer2022

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

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014) poster
3. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem2014

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

Sweet Country (2017) poster
4. Sweet Country2017

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

The Assistant (2019) poster
5. The Assistant2019

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

Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) poster
6. Never Rarely Sometimes Always2020

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

Elena (Zvyagintsev) (2011) poster
7. Elena (Zvyagintsev)2011

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

Sivas (2014) (2014) poster
8. Sivas2014

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

Night Moves (Reichardt 2013) (2013) poster
9. Night Moves (Reichardt 2013)2013

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

Identifying Features (2020) poster
10. Identifying Features2020

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

The Deep Blue Sea (2011) poster
11. The Deep Blue Sea2011

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

Fandry (2013) poster
12. Fandry2013

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

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