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Films like Dear Diary.

Dear Diary (1993) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, 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.

Aprile (1998) poster
1. Aprile1998

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bottle Rocket (1996) poster
2. Bottle Rocket1996

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rushmore (1998) poster
3. Rushmore1998

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Trust (1990) poster
4. Trust1990

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (1993) poster
5. The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque1993

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Chungking Express (1994) poster
6. Chungking Express1994

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Watermelon Woman (1996) poster
7. The Watermelon Woman1996

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Le Franc (1994) poster
8. Le Franc1994

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ed Wood (1994) (1994) poster
9. Ed Wood1994

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eagle vs Shark (2007) (2007) poster
10. Eagle vs Shark2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987) poster
11. Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle1987

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

The Unbelievable Truth (1989) poster
12. The Unbelievable Truth1989

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

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