Films like What Richard Did.

What Richard Did (2012) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / coming-of-age, 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.

Broken (2012) poster
1. Broken2012

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

Shéhérazade (2018) poster
2. Shéhérazade2018

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

Sister (2012) poster
3. Sister2012

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

Blue Valentine (2010) poster
4. Blue Valentine2010

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

Eva Nová (2015) poster
5. Eva Nová2015

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

Bad Hair (2013) poster
6. Bad Hair2013

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

Disappearance (2017) poster
7. Disappearance2017

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

The Measure of a Man (2015) poster
8. The Measure of a Man2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

It's Hard to Be Nice (Bosnia) (2007) poster
9. It's Hard to Be Nice (Bosnia)2007

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

4 Minutes (Vier Minuten) (2006) poster
10. 4 Minutes (Vier Minuten)2006

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

Majority (2010) poster
11. Majority2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jaffa (2009) poster
12. Jaffa2009

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

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