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Films like Yesterday.

Yesterday (2004) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama, 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.

Seventeen Years (1999) poster
1. Seventeen Years1999

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

4 Minutes (Vier Minuten) (2006) poster
2. 4 Minutes (Vier Minuten)2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crisis (2009Estonia)2009
3. Crisis (2009 Estonia)2009

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

Munyurangabo (2007) poster
4. Munyurangabo2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

In Love We Trust (2007) poster
5. In Love We Trust2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

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

Million Dollar Baby (2004) poster
7. Million Dollar Baby2004

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

I've Loved You So Long (2008) poster
8. I've Loved You So Long2008

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

Paying theLand2010
9. Paying the Land2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (2000) poster
10. Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Midnight (O Primeiro Dia) (1998) poster
11. Midnight (O Primeiro Dia)1998

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

Clay Pigeons (Croatian Tomislav Radić) (2007) poster
12. Clay Pigeons (Croatian Tomislav Radić)2007

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

These are Yesterday’s neighbours — where are yours?

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