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Films like Under the Skin.

Under the Skin (2014) reads as Heavy, slow-burn, measured thriller / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

INLAND EMPIRE (2006) poster
1. INLAND EMPIRE2006

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

Siberia (2020) poster
2. Siberia2020

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

Evolution (2015) poster
3. Evolution2015

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Vourdalak (2023) poster
4. The Vourdalak2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Fear(s) of the Dark (2007) poster
5. Fear(s) of the Dark2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Wolf House (2018) poster
6. The Wolf House2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Evolution (2016) poster
7. Evolution2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Under the Skin (2013) poster
8. Under the Skin2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Men (2022) poster
9. Men2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Enter the Void (2009) poster
10. Enter the Void2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) poster
11. Beyond the Black Rainbow2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Madame Tutli-Putli (2007) poster
12. Madame Tutli-Putli2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Under the Skin’s neighbours — where are yours?

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