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Films like The Midwife.

The Midwife (2017) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle drama, 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.

Schoolgirls (2020) poster
1. Schoolgirls2020

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

Summertime (2015) poster
2. Summertime2015

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Emma (2017) poster
3. Emma2017

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Young Lovers (2022) poster
4. The Young Lovers2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

First Girl I Loved (2016) poster
5. First Girl I Loved2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Seashore (2015) poster
6. Seashore2015

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

Test (2013) poster
7. Test2013

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Perfect Ending (2012) poster
8. A Perfect Ending2012

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

The Ladies Get Their Say (2009) poster
9. The Ladies Get Their Say2009

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

Dreams (2024) poster
10. Dreams2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018) poster
11. Searching for Ingmar Bergman2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

One Week (2008) poster
12. One Week2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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