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Films like A Cat in Paris.

A Cat in Paris (2010) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured animation / family, inventive 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.

Angel-A (2005) poster
1. Angel-A2005

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

Black Mor's Island (2004) poster
2. Black Mor's Island2004

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

Ride Your Wave (2019) poster
3. Ride Your Wave2019

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

The Dog, the General and the Birds (2003) poster
4. The Dog, the General and the Birds2003

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

Test2006
5. Test2006

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

Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) (2012) poster
6. Safety Not Guaranteed2012

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

Love and Bullets (2017) poster
7. Love and Bullets2017

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a running vein of humour.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) poster
8. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time2006

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Approved for Adoption (2012) poster
9. Approved for Adoption2012

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

In Your Eyes (2014) (2014) poster
10. In Your Eyes2014

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

Hipsters (2008) poster
11. Hipsters2008

Reads close across all twelve axes; trades toward a warm emotional register.

Phantom Boy (2015) poster
12. Phantom Boy2015

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

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