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Films like Friday.

Friday (1995) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured stoner / buddy, 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.

What About Bob? (1991) poster
1. What About Bob?1991

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ode to the Goddess of Mercy (2004) poster
2. Ode to the Goddess of Mercy2004

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Old School (2003) (2003) poster
3. Old School2003

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

EDtv (1999) poster
4. EDtv1999

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

Everybody's Famous! (2000) poster
5. Everybody's Famous!2000

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

Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean (2005) poster
6. Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean2005

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bal Poussière (1989) poster
7. Bal Poussière1989

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Soapdish (1991) poster
8. Soapdish1991

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sandesham (1991) poster
9. Sandesham1991

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hush Hush Baby (2004) poster
10. Hush Hush Baby2004

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Meet the Parents (2000) (2000) poster
11. Meet the Parents2000

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Number One (2008) poster
12. Number One2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Friday’s neighbours — where are yours?

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