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Films like Grown-Ups.

Grown-Ups (1980) reads as Warm, steady, measured comedy / drama, 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.

The Apple Game (1977) poster
1. The Apple Game1977

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

Nuts in May (1976) poster
2. Nuts in May1976

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

The Man Who Loved Women (1977) poster
3. The Man Who Loved Women1977

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

Abigail's Party (1977) poster
4. Abigail's Party1977

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

Autumn Marathon (1979) poster
5. Autumn Marathon1979

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

Mandi (1983) poster
6. Mandi1983

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

My Friends (1975) poster
7. My Friends1975

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

Ecce Bombo (1978) poster
8. Ecce Bombo1978

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

The Heartbreak Kid (1972) poster
9. The Heartbreak Kid1972

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

A Wedding (1978) poster
10. A Wedding1978

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

Peeping Toms (1972) poster
11. Peeping Toms1972

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

Shampoo (1975) poster
12. Shampoo1975

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

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