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Films like Starry Eyes.

Starry Eyes (2014) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / fantasy, 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.

American Mary (2013) poster
1. American Mary2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Assignment (2016) poster
2. The Assignment2016

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Alleluia (2014) poster
3. Alleluia2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

15 (2003) poster
5. 152003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Novice (2021) poster
6. The Novice2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Man in the Orange Jacket (2014) poster
7. The Man in the Orange Jacket2014

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

Mango Yellow (2002) poster
8. Mango Yellow2002

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

Giallo (2010) poster
9. Giallo2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Krisha (2016) poster
10. Krisha2016

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

The Paperboy (2012) poster
11. The Paperboy2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Killers (2014) poster
12. Killers2014

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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