Films like World of Tomorrow.

World of Tomorrow (2015) reads as Sombre, steady, gentle animation / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) poster
1. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote2018

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

Colossal (2016) (2016) poster
2. Colossal2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

A Dragon Arrives! (2016) poster
3. A Dragon Arrives!2016

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

Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One (2015) poster
4. Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One2015

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

Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter (2022) poster
5. Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) poster
6. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus2009

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

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012) poster
7. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Wild Grass (2009) poster
8. Wild Grass2009

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Fay Grim (2007) poster
9. Fay Grim2007

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Zero Theorem (2013) poster
10. The Zero Theorem2013

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

Sorry to Bother You (2018) poster
11. Sorry to Bother You2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

WWW: What a Wonderful World (2006) poster
12. WWW: What a Wonderful World2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

These are World of Tomorrow’s neighbours — where are yours?

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