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Films like AlphaGo.

AlphaGo (2017) reads as Warm, steady, gentle documentary / robot, grounded in texture. Redemptive, 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.

Jappeloup (2013) poster
1. Jappeloup2013

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

Gods (2014) poster
2. Gods2014

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

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009) poster
3. Mao’s Last Dancer2009

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

Free to Play (2014) poster
4. Free to Play2014

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

On the Basis of Sex (2018) poster
5. On the Basis of Sex2018

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

Pelé (2021) poster
6. Pelé2021

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

Lula, the Son of Brazil (2010) poster
7. Lula, the Son of Brazil2010

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

Main Atal Hoon (2024) poster
8. Main Atal Hoon2024

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

Long Shot (2017) poster
9. Long Shot2017

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

1 (2013) poster
10. 12013

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

The Best of Enemies (2019) poster
11. The Best of Enemies2019

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

Everything or Nothing (2012) poster
12. Everything or Nothing2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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