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Films like Blind Dates.

Blind Dates (2013) reads as Neutral, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, 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.

A Pistol in Each Hand (2012) poster
1. A Pistol in Each Hand2012

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

My Masterpiece (2018) poster
2. My Masterpiece2018

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

People Places Things (2015) (2015) poster
3. People Places Things2015

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

The First Beautiful Thing (2010) poster
4. The First Beautiful Thing2010

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

Friends with Money (2006) poster
5. Friends with Money2006

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

Damsel (2018) poster
6. Damsel2018

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

Obvious Child (2014) poster
7. Obvious Child2014

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

This Is Where I Leave You (2014) (2014) poster
8. This Is Where I Leave You2014

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

The Edge of Seventeen (2016) poster
9. The Edge of Seventeen2016

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

Don't Think Twice (2016) poster
10. Don't Think Twice2016

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

The Vanished Empire (2008) poster
11. The Vanished Empire2008

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

Lovely & Amazing (2001) poster
12. Lovely & Amazing2001

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

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