Films like Everything Will Be OK.

Everything Will Be OK (2006) reads as Heavy, measured, measured animation / drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

I Am So Proud of You (2008) poster
1. I Am So Proud of You2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Synecdoche,New York —re-pass2008
2. Synecdoche, New York — re-pass2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lunacy (2005) poster
3. Lunacy2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Temptation of St. Tony (2009) poster
4. The Temptation of St. Tony2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012) poster
5. Goltzius and the Pelican Company2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A Scanner Darkly (2006) poster
6. A Scanner Darkly2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Brand Upon the Brain! (2007) poster
7. Brand Upon the Brain!2007

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Double (2013) (2013) poster
8. The Double2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

High-Rise (Wheatley) (2015) poster
9. High-Rise (Wheatley)2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a heightened unreality.

The Lobster (2015) poster
10. The Lobster2015

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Borgman (2013) poster
11. Borgman2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Little Otik (2000) poster
12. Little Otik2000

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Everything Will Be OK’s neighbours — where are yours?

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