Films like George Harrison: Living in the Material World.

George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011) reads as Neutral, steady, measured documentary / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Joy (2015) (2015) poster
1. Joy2015

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

This Is It (2009) poster
2. This Is It2009

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

Straight Outta Compton (2015) poster
3. Straight Outta Compton2015

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

Big Eyes (2014) poster
4. Big Eyes2014

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

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) poster
5. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005

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

Dear Doctor (2009) poster
6. Dear Doctor2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

My Golden Days (2015) poster
7. My Golden Days2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Sondheimretrospective(placeholder)2013
8. Sondheim retrospective (placeholder)2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Stories We Tell (2012) poster
9. Stories We Tell2012

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

Where Do We Go Now? (2011) (2011) poster
10. Where Do We Go Now?2011

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

Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) poster
11. Los Angeles Plays Itself2003

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

The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) poster
12. The Notorious Bettie Page2005

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

These are George Harrison: Living in the Material World’s neighbours — where are yours?

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