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Films like The Hole.

The Hole (1998) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / musical, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. 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.

Mister Lonely (2007) poster
1. Mister Lonely2007

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Air Doll (2009) poster
2. Air Doll2009

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Air Doll (re-pass) (2009) poster
3. Air Doll (re-pass)2009

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Days of Eclipse (1988) poster
4. Days of Eclipse1988

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

Kosmos (2010) poster
5. Kosmos2010

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Arabian Nights (Volume 1) (2015) poster
6. Arabian Nights (Volume 1)2015

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Island of Loves (1982) poster
7. The Island of Loves1982

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) poster
8. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Innocence (2004) poster
9. Innocence2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005) poster
10. The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes2005

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

Dreams (1990) (1990) poster
11. Dreams1990

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Ornithologist (2016) poster
12. The Ornithologist2016

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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

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