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Films like The Wild Boys.

The Wild Boys (2017) reads as Sombre, steady, measured fantasy / art-house, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold. 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.

Hanagatami (2017) poster
1. Hanagatami2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016) poster
2. Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tale of Tales (2015) (2015) poster
3. Tale of Tales2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Lure (2015) poster
4. The Lure2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The City of Lost Children (1995) poster
5. The City of Lost Children1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Neptune Frost (2021) poster
6. Neptune Frost2021

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

The Congress (2013) poster
7. The Congress2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Idiots and Angels (2008) poster
8. Idiots and Angels2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Night Fishing (2011) poster
9. Night Fishing2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) poster
10. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus2009

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

Holy Motors (2012) poster
11. Holy Motors2012

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

Opera Jawa (2006) poster
12. Opera Jawa2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are The Wild Boys’s neighbours — where are yours?

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