Films like Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured animation / comedy, inventive 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.

Living in Oblivion (1995) poster
1. Living in Oblivion1995

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beyond Therapy (1987) poster
2. Beyond Therapy1987

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

God of Cookery (1996) poster
3. God of Cookery1996

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Serial Mom (1994) poster
4. Serial Mom1994

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

8 Women (2002) poster
5. 8 Women2002

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Scoop (2006) poster
6. Scoop2006

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Death Becomes Her (1992) poster
7. Death Becomes Her1992

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

From Beijing with Love (1994) poster
8. From Beijing with Love1994

Keeps the running vein of humour; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington (2011) poster
9. Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington2011

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The 'Burbs (1989) poster
10. The 'Burbs1989

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Better Off Dead (1985) poster
11. Better Off Dead1985

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hollywood Ending (2002) poster
12. Hollywood Ending2002

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

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