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Films like Ellie Parker.

Ellie Parker (2005) reads as Neutral, breathless, 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.

Women in Trouble (2009) poster
1. Women in Trouble2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fuck (2006) poster
2. Fuck2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Roger Dodger (2002) poster
3. Roger Dodger2002

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

Lost in London (2017) poster
4. Lost in London2017

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

The Opposite of Sex (1998) poster
5. The Opposite of Sex1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Filth and Wisdom (2008) poster
6. Filth and Wisdom2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) poster
7. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014

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

Fatso (2008) poster
8. Fatso2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Choke (2008) poster
9. Choke2008

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

Addicted to Fresno (2015) poster
10. Addicted to Fresno2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Darwin Awards (2007) poster
11. The Darwin Awards2007

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

Anything Else (2003) poster
12. Anything Else2003

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

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