Films like Depression and Friends.

Depression and Friends (2012) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy, 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.

Les Gazelles (2014) poster
1. Les Gazelles2014

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

Lola Versus (2012) poster
2. Lola Versus2012

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

What’s the Big Deal (2016) poster
3. What’s the Big Deal2016

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

The Life Coach (2009) poster
4. The Life Coach2009

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

L!fe Happens (2011) poster
5. L!fe Happens2011

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

Crazy on the Outside (2010) poster
6. Crazy on the Outside2010

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

The Student and Mister Henri (2015) poster
7. The Student and Mister Henri2015

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

It's Not You, It's Me (2010) poster
8. It's Not You, It's Me2010

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

Relationship Status: It's Complicated (2014) poster
9. Relationship Status: It's Complicated2014

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

All Nighter (2017) poster
10. All Nighter2017

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

Bart Got a Room (2008) poster
11. Bart Got a Room2008

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

Men in Hope (2011) poster
12. Men in Hope2011

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a warm emotional register.

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