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Films like Tesla.

Tesla (2020) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle history / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Experimenter (2015) poster
1. Experimenter2015

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

The Tale of King Crab (2021) poster
2. The Tale of King Crab2021

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The New Girlfriend (2014) poster
3. The New Girlfriend2014

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

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014) poster
4. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter2014

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

Taming the Garden (2021) poster
5. Taming the Garden2021

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

Suburban Birds (2018) poster
6. Suburban Birds2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

In the Mirror (2013) poster
7. In the Mirror2013

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

Into the Inferno (2016) (2016) poster
8. Into the Inferno2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a gentle temperature.

The Nothing Factory (2017) poster
9. The Nothing Factory2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Loro 2 (2018) poster
10. Loro 22018

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

The Edge of the Empire (2010) poster
11. The Edge of the Empire2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Parthenope (2024) poster
12. Parthenope2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a gentle temperature.

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