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Films like The Runaways.

The Runaways (2010) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Rachel Getting Married (2008) poster
1. Rachel Getting Married2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005) poster
2. The Devil and Daniel Johnston2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

In Between (2016) poster
3. In Between2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Judge (2014) poster
4. The Judge2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Otelo Burning (2011) poster
5. Otelo Burning2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Factory Girl (2013) poster
6. Factory Girl2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009) poster
7. Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mr. Six (2015) poster
8. Mr. Six2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Bubble (2006) poster
9. The Bubble2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cadillac Records (2008) (2008) poster
10. Cadillac Records2008

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

Marock (2005) poster
11. Marock2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Crossing (2018) poster
12. The Crossing2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

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