FilmsThree TimesLike this

Films like Three Times.

Three Times (2005) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Waiting for Happiness (2002) poster
1. Waiting for Happiness2002

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

Times and Winds (2006) poster
2. Times and Winds2006

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

Poetry (2010) (2010) poster
3. Poetry2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

My Blueberry Nights (2007) poster
4. My Blueberry Nights2007

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

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003) poster
5. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring2003

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

The Holy Girl (2004) poster
6. The Holy Girl2004

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Isabella (2006) poster
7. Isabella2006

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

In the Mood for Love (2000) poster
8. In the Mood for Love2000

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

Like Someone in Love (2012) poster
9. Like Someone in Love2012

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

Last Life in the Universe (2003) poster
10. Last Life in the Universe2003

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

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl (2009) poster
11. Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl2009

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

Syndromes ofthe Apu2006
12. Syndromes of the Apu2006

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

These are Three Times’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →