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Films like A Perfect Day.

A Perfect Day (2015) reads as Sombre, steady, measured comedy / drama, grounded 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.

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017) poster
1. Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!2017

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

The Geographer Drank His Globe Away (2013) poster
2. The Geographer Drank His Globe Away2013

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

The Weather Man (2005) poster
3. The Weather Man2005

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

A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010) poster
4. A Somewhat Gentle Man2010

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

The Human Resources Manager (2010) poster
5. The Human Resources Manager2010

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

Damsel (2018) poster
6. Damsel2018

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

Tunnel (2016) poster
7. Tunnel2016

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

Don Verdean (2015) (2015) poster
8. Don Verdean2015

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

The Matador (2005) poster
9. The Matador2005

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

Chocolat (2016) poster
10. Chocolat2016

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

The Fall of the American Empire (2018) poster
11. The Fall of the American Empire2018

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

Silent Wedding (2008) poster
12. Silent Wedding2008

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

These are A Perfect Day’s neighbours — where are yours?

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