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Films like Acne.

Acne (2008) reads as Warm, measured, gentle comedy / drama, grounded 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.

Beeswax (2009) poster
1. Beeswax2009

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

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006) poster
2. I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With2006

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

Shopgirl (2005) poster
3. Shopgirl2005

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

Funny Ha Ha (2002) poster
4. Funny Ha Ha2002

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

The Puffy Chair (2006) poster
5. The Puffy Chair2006

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

How Do You Know (2010) poster
6. How Do You Know2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

To Paint or Make Love (2005) poster
7. To Paint or Make Love2005

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

All Is Bright (2013) poster
8. All Is Bright2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Broken English (2007) poster
9. Broken English2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mutual Appreciation (2005) poster
10. Mutual Appreciation2005

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

Save the Date (2012) poster
11. Save the Date2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Good Dick (2008) poster
12. Good Dick2008

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

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