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Films like Arthur.

Arthur (1981) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle romantic-comedy / drunk, grounded in texture. Redemptive, 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.

Teppanyaki (1984) poster
1. Teppanyaki1984

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

Roxanne (1987) poster
2. Roxanne1987

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

Chicken and Duck Talk (1988) poster
3. Chicken and Duck Talk1988

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

Tootsie (1982) poster
4. Tootsie1982

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

Night Shift (1982) poster
5. Night Shift1982

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

Cousin Cousine (1975) poster
6. Cousin Cousine1975

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

Mama, Don't Cry (1981) poster
7. Mama, Don't Cry1981

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

Jit (1990) poster
8. Jit1990

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

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) poster
9. Sumo Do, Sumo Don't1992

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

Three Men and a Baby (1987) poster
10. Three Men and a Baby1987

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

Stripes (1981) poster
11. Stripes1981

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

Caddyshack (1980) poster
12. Caddyshack1980

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

These are Arthur’s neighbours — where are yours?

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