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Films like Home Movies.

Home Movies (1980) reads as Warm, kinetic, 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.

HealtH (1980) poster
1. HealtH1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) poster
2. Get to Know Your Rabbit1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beyond Therapy (1987) poster
3. Beyond Therapy1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Mozart Brothers (1986) poster
4. The Mozart Brothers1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mama Turns 100 (1979) poster
5. Mama Turns 1001979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Man Who Quit Smoking (1972) poster
6. The Man Who Quit Smoking1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Greetings (1968) poster
7. Greetings1968

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Roy Colt & Winchester Jack (1970) poster
8. Roy Colt & Winchester Jack1970

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eating Raoul (1982) poster
9. Eating Raoul1982

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

FVVA: Femme, voiture, villa, argent (1972) poster
10. FVVA: Femme, voiture, villa, argent1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

A Perfect Couple (1979) poster
11. A Perfect Couple1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972) poster
12. Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Home Movies’s neighbours — where are yours?

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