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Films like Fatso.

Fatso (2008) reads as Neutral, steady, 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.

Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006) poster
1. Sleeping Dogs Lie2006

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

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

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

101 Reykjavík (2000) poster
3. 101 Reykjavík2000

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Art of Negative Thinking (2006) poster
4. The Art of Negative Thinking2006

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

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2008) poster
5. I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster2008

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Magic Gloves (2003) poster
6. The Magic Gloves2003

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

Godard Mon Amour (2017) poster
7. Godard Mon Amour2017

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

Colour Me Kubrick (2005) poster
8. Colour Me Kubrick2005

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

Silvia Prieto (1999) poster
9. Silvia Prieto1999

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

Ellie Parker (2005) poster
10. Ellie Parker2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Synecdoche (2009) poster
11. Synecdoche2009

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

Fuck (2006) poster
12. Fuck2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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