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Films like Broken English.

Broken English (2007) reads as Warm, measured, 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.

Shopgirl (2005) poster
1. Shopgirl2005

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Catch and Release (2006) poster
2. Catch and Release2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Purple Violets (2007) poster
3. Purple Violets2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Save the Date (2012) poster
4. Save the Date2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Red and the Blue (2012) poster
5. The Red and the Blue2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Dinner for Them to Meet (2007) poster
6. A Dinner for Them to Meet2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lucky Them (2013) poster
7. Lucky Them2013

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

The Man Who Loved Yngve (2008) poster
8. The Man Who Loved Yngve2008

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

Beeswax (2009) poster
9. Beeswax2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lulu in the Nude (2013) poster
10. Lulu in the Nude2013

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Diggers (2007) poster
11. Diggers2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Let It Rain (2008) poster
12. Let It Rain2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Broken English’s neighbours — where are yours?

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