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Films like Bad Education.

Bad Education (2019) reads as Neutral, steady, gentle drama / crime, 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.

Happy Birthday (2019) poster
1. Happy Birthday2019

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

My Piece of the Pie (2011) poster
2. My Piece of the Pie2011

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

Looking for Hortense (2012) poster
3. Looking for Hortense2012

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

Together (2021) poster
4. Together2021

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

Permission (2018) poster
5. Permission2018

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

The September Issue (2009) poster
6. The September Issue2009

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

There's No Place Like Home (2018) poster
7. There's No Place Like Home2018

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

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2019) poster
8. Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!2019

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

My Way (2012) poster
9. My Way2012

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

The Last Vermeer (2019) poster
10. The Last Vermeer2019

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

Sweet & Sour (2021) poster
11. Sweet & Sour2021

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

Tim Maia (2014) poster
12. Tim Maia2014

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

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