FilmsBrad's StatusLike this

Films like Brad's Status.

Brad's Status (2017) reads as Neutral, steady, 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.

The Comedian (2016) poster
1. The Comedian2016

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

Losers' Club (2011) poster
2. Losers' Club2011

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

The Guide to the Perfect Family (2021) poster
3. The Guide to the Perfect Family2021

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

Inadequate People (2010) poster
4. Inadequate People2010

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

Wilson (2017) poster
5. Wilson2017

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

Don't Air Your Dirty Laundry In Public (2020) poster
6. Don't Air Your Dirty Laundry In Public2020

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

All Is Bright (2013) poster
7. All Is Bright2013

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

Lucky Them (2013) poster
8. Lucky Them2013

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

Friends with Kids (2012) poster
9. Friends with Kids2012

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

Smart People (2008) poster
10. Smart People2008

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

The Four of Us (2021) poster
11. The Four of Us2021

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

Birds of America (2008) poster
12. Birds of America2008

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

These are Brad's Status’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →