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Films like Frank.

Frank (2014) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy-drama / music, surreal 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.

Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy (2013) poster
1. Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy2013

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

Wetlands (2013) poster
2. Wetlands2013

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

Men & Chicken (2015) poster
3. Men & Chicken2015

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

The Voices (2014) poster
4. The Voices2014

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

The Dressmaker (2015) poster
5. The Dressmaker2015

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

The Sweet East (2023) poster
6. The Sweet East2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Baghead (2008) poster
7. Baghead2008

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

Louise-Michel (2008) poster
8. Louise-Michel2008

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

American Splendor (2003) poster
9. American Splendor2003

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

Full Frontal (2002) poster
10. Full Frontal2002

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

Small Apartments (2012) poster
11. Small Apartments2012

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

Romance & Cigarettes (2005) poster
12. Romance & Cigarettes2005

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

These are Frank’s neighbours — where are yours?

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