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Films like The Outrun.

The Outrun (2024) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / addiction, inventive 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.

Sibel (2018) poster
1. Sibel2018

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

Ma Ma (2015) poster
2. Ma Ma2015

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

The Cloud and the Rising Sun (2024) poster
3. The Cloud and the Rising Sun2024

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

Great Freedom (2021) poster
4. Great Freedom2021

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

Black Dog (2024) poster
5. Black Dog2024

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

The First Fallen (2021) poster
6. The First Fallen2021

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

Our Father (2020) poster
7. Our Father2020

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

The Children's Train (2024) poster
8. The Children's Train2024

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

All That's Left of You (2025) poster
9. All That's Left of You2025

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

The Good Manners (2025) poster
10. The Good Manners2025

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

Franco Battiato: The Long Journey (2026) poster
11. Franco Battiato: The Long Journey2026

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

Honey Boy (2019) poster
12. Honey Boy2019

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

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