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Films like About Schmidt.

About Schmidt (2002) reads as Sombre, measured, measured comedy / 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.

The Squid and the Whale (2005) poster
1. The Squid and the Whale2005

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

SubUrbia (1996) poster
2. SubUrbia1996

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

Greenberg (2010) poster
3. Greenberg2010

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

Mahjong (1996) (1996) poster
4. Mahjong1996

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

Footnote (2011) (2011) poster
5. Footnote2011

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

The Color Wheel (2011) poster
6. The Color Wheel2011

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

Listen Up Philip (2014) poster
7. Listen Up Philip2014

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

The Puffy Chair (2005) (2005) poster
8. The Puffy Chair2005

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

Tales from the Golden Age (2009) poster
9. Tales from the Golden Age2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Margot at the Wedding (2007) poster
10. Margot at the Wedding2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Kings and Queen (2004) poster
11. Kings and Queen2004

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

Lost in La Mancha (2002) poster
12. Lost in La Mancha2002

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are About Schmidt’s neighbours — where are yours?

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