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Films like The Innocents.

The Innocents (2016) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / history, grounded 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.

One of Us (2017) poster
1. One of Us2017

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

Indian Horse (2017) poster
2. Indian Horse2017

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

American Woman (2018) poster
3. American Woman2018

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

Disobedience (2017) poster
4. Disobedience2017

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

Room (2015) poster
5. Room2015

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

Bully (2011) poster
6. Bully2011

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

Thappad (2020) poster
7. Thappad2020

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Don't Tell (2006) poster
8. Don't Tell2006

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

Four Minutes (2006) poster
9. Four Minutes2006

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

Pariyerum Perumal (2018) poster
10. Pariyerum Perumal2018

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

Wednesday, May 9 (2015) poster
11. Wednesday, May 92015

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

Walking Out (2017) poster
12. Walking Out2017

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

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