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Films like Footnote.

Footnote (2011) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / 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.

Le Week-End (2013) (2013) poster
1. Le Week-End2013

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

The Squid and the Whale (2005) poster
2. The Squid and the Whale2005

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

A Christmas Tale (2008) poster
3. A Christmas Tale2008

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

Mississippi Grind (2015) poster
4. Mississippi Grind2015

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

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) poster
5. Happy New Year, Colin Burstead2018

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

Greenberg (2010) poster
6. Greenberg2010

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

Eeb Allay Ooo! (2019) poster
7. Eeb Allay Ooo!2019

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

The Lovers (2017) poster
8. The Lovers2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kings and Queen (2004) poster
9. Kings and Queen2004

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

Gosford Park (2001) poster
10. Gosford Park2001

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

The Truth (Kore-eda 2019) (2019) poster
11. The Truth (Kore-eda 2019)2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

When You Finish Saving the World (2022) poster
12. When You Finish Saving the World2022

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

These are Footnote’s neighbours — where are yours?

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