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Films like The Falling.

The Falling (2015) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / mystery, 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.

Martin Eden (2019) poster
1. Martin Eden2019

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

Quién te cantará (2018) poster
2. Quién te cantará2018

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

Pasolini (2014) poster
3. Pasolini2014

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

Closed Curtain (2013) poster
4. Closed Curtain2013

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

The Roads Not Taken (2020) poster
5. The Roads Not Taken2020

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

Shirley (2020) poster
6. Shirley2020

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

All the Dead Ones (2020) poster
7. All the Dead Ones2020

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

Paris Is Us (2019) poster
8. Paris Is Us2019

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

Sleeping Sickness (2011) poster
9. Sleeping Sickness2011

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

The Falling (2014) poster
10. The Falling2014

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

Casting JonBenet (2017) poster
11. Casting JonBenet2017

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

Always Shine (2016) poster
12. Always Shine2016

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

These are The Falling’s neighbours — where are yours?

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