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Films like Works and Days.

Works and Days (2020) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, gentle drama, 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.

Song of Granite (2017) poster
1. Song of Granite2017

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

Drive My Car (2021) poster
2. Drive My Car2021

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

Luxor (2020) poster
3. Luxor2020

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

First Cow (2019) poster
4. First Cow2019

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

Introduction (2021) poster
5. Introduction2021

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

Evil Does NotExist — repeatguard2023
6. Evil Does Not Exist — repeat guard2023

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

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue (2020) poster
7. Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue2020

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

Janet Planet (2024) poster
8. Janet Planet2024

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Wonders (2014) (2014) poster
9. The Wonders2014

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

Close Your Eyes (Erice) (2023) poster
10. Close Your Eyes (Erice)2023

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

35 Shots of Rum (2008) poster
11. 35 Shots of Rum2008

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

Columbus(2017)2017
12. Columbus2017

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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