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Films like Henry Fool.

Henry Fool (1997) reads as Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, 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.

Funny Bones (1995) (1995) poster
1. Funny Bones1995

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

Irma Vep (1996) (1996) poster
2. Irma Vep1996

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

Salaam Cinema (1995) poster
3. Salaam Cinema1995

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

I Am a Sex Addict (2006) poster
4. I Am a Sex Addict2006

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

Flirt (Hal Hartley) (1995) poster
5. Flirt (Hal Hartley)1995

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

Silvia Prieto (1999) poster
6. Silvia Prieto1999

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

The Magic Gloves (2003) poster
7. The Magic Gloves2003

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

Four Rooms (1995) poster
8. Four Rooms1995

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

Eagle vs Shark (2007) (2007) poster
9. Eagle vs Shark2007

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

The Art of Negative Thinking (2006) poster
10. The Art of Negative Thinking2006

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

The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983) poster
11. The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun1983

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

Simple Men (1992) poster
12. Simple Men1992

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

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