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Films like Banana.

Banana (2010) reads as Cosy, breathless, gentle animation / family, inventive 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.

Competition (2015) poster
1. Competition2015

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Orientation Day (2010) poster
2. Orientation Day2010

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Woody Woodpecker (2017) poster
3. Woody Woodpecker2017

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a warm emotional register.

Panic in the Mailroom (2013) poster
4. Panic in the Mailroom2013

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Madly Madagascar (2013) poster
5. Madly Madagascar2013

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Presto (2008) poster
6. Presto2008

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a deep human warmth.

Mower Minions (2016) poster
7. Mower Minions2016

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Bullyparade: The Movie (2017) poster
8. Bullyparade: The Movie2017

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale (2017) poster
9. Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale2017

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Furry Vengeance (2010) poster
10. Furry Vengeance2010

Keeps the gentle temperature and the airy, open telling; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Larva Island Movie (2020) poster
11. The Larva Island Movie2020

Keeps the gentle temperature and the airy, open telling; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

The Good, the Bart, and the Loki (2021) poster
12. The Good, the Bart, and the Loki2021

Keeps the gentle temperature and the airy, open telling; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are Banana’s neighbours — where are yours?

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