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Films like Taurus.

Taurus (2001) reads as Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama / historical, 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.

The River (Tsai Ming-liang) (1997) poster
1. The River (Tsai Ming-liang)1997

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

Death in the Land of Encantos (2007) poster
2. Death in the Land of Encantos2007

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

In Vanda's Room (2000) (2000) poster
3. In Vanda's Room2000

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

The Headless Woman (2008) poster
4. The Headless Woman2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Heremias: Book One (2006) poster
5. Heremias: Book One2006

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

Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) poster
6. Werckmeister Harmonies2000

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

Werckmeister Harmonies (re-pass) (2000) poster
7. Werckmeister Harmonies (re-pass)2000

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

Somnambulance (2003) poster
8. Somnambulance2003

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Corridor (1995) poster
9. The Corridor1995

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Spider (2002) (2002) poster
10. Spider2002

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Lake Mungo (2008) (2008) poster
11. Lake Mungo2008

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

Sátántangó (1994) poster
12. Sátántangó1994

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

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