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Films like 101 Reykjavík.

101 Reykjavík (2000) reads as Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, inventive 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.

No Budget Story (1997) poster
1. No Budget Story1997

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

Melinda and Melinda (2004) poster
2. Melinda and Melinda2004

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Idle Running (1999) poster
3. Idle Running1999

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

Muriel's Wedding (1994) poster
4. Muriel's Wedding1994

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

Synecdoche (2009) poster
5. Synecdoche2009

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

In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989) poster
6. In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones1989

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

Dr. T & the Women (2000) poster
7. Dr. T & the Women2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Thumbsucker (2005) poster
8. Thumbsucker2005

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

The Matador (2005) poster
9. The Matador2005

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Fatso (2008) poster
10. Fatso2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

In the Soup (1992) poster
11. In the Soup1992

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

Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006) poster
12. Sleeping Dogs Lie2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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