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Films like Ūdens.

Ūdens (2006) reads as Neutral, slow-burn, gentle documentary / latvian, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, 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.

Fantasma (2006) poster
1. Fantasma2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Limits of Control (2009) poster
2. The Limits of Control2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Afternoon (2007) poster
3. Afternoon2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Animus Animalis (2018) poster
4. Animus Animalis2018

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

David Lynch: The Art Life (2017) poster
5. David Lynch: The Art Life2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Peace to Us in Our Dreams (2015) poster
6. Peace to Us in Our Dreams2015

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

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006) poster
7. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone2006

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

Hotel Chevalier (2007) poster
8. Hotel Chevalier2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

In the City of Sylvia (2007) poster
9. In the City of Sylvia2007

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

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014) poster
10. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Bungalow (2002) poster
11. Bungalow2002

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

The Tower (2010) poster
12. The Tower2010

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

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