Films like The World of Us.

The World of Us (2016) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / coming-of-age, 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.

Ilo Ilo (2013) poster
1. Ilo Ilo2013

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

Goodbye First Love (2011) poster
2. Goodbye First Love2011

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

October (2018) poster
3. October2018

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

Kauwboy (2012) poster
4. Kauwboy2012

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

Lullaby (2022) poster
5. Lullaby2022

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

Nahid (2015) poster
6. Nahid2015

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

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) poster
7. The Miseducation of Cameron Post2018

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

The Spectacular Now (2013) poster
8. The Spectacular Now2013

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

The Mustang (2019) poster
9. The Mustang2019

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

Athirah (2016) poster
10. Athirah2016

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

Here We Are (2020) poster
11. Here We Are2020

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

Happy Old Year (2019) poster
12. Happy Old Year2019

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

These are The World of Us’s neighbours — where are yours?

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