Films like Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber.

Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (2005) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold. 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.

Vollidiot (2007) poster
1. Vollidiot2007

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Italians (2009) poster
2. Italians2009

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Serious Moonlight (2009) poster
3. Serious Moonlight2009

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Virginity Hit (2010) poster
4. The Virginity Hit2010

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Pool Boys (2009) poster
5. The Pool Boys2009

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Boudu (2005) poster
6. Boudu2005

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) poster
7. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard2009

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Military Academy (2007) poster
8. Military Academy2007

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Low Cost (2011) poster
9. Low Cost2011

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Aspirante vedovo (2013) poster
10. Aspirante vedovo2013

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Olé (2006) poster
11. Olé2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Big Bad Wolf (2013) poster
12. The Big Bad Wolf2013

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber’s neighbours — where are yours?

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