Films like Happy as Lazzaro.

Happy as Lazzaro (2018) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle drama / fantasy, inventive 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.

La Chimera —repeat guard2023
1. La Chimera — repeat guard2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Life of Chuck (2025) poster
2. The Life of Chuck2025

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Petite Maman — re-pass (2021) poster
3. Petite Maman — re-pass2021

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

When Marnie Was There (2014) poster
4. When Marnie Was There2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Electrick Children (2012) (2012) poster
5. Electrick Children2012

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

The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020) poster
6. The Metamorphosis of Birds2020

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

My Life as a Zucchini (2016) poster
7. My Life as a Zucchini2016

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One (2015) poster
8. Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One2015

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Duke of Burgundy (2014) poster
9. The Duke of Burgundy2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

Louise by the Shore (2016) poster
10. Louise by the Shore2016

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Apples (2020) poster
11. Apples2020

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Mary and Max (2009) poster
12. Mary and Max2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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