Films like 20th Century Women.

20th Century Women (2016) reads as Neutral, measured, measured drama / comedy, 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 WorstPerson in theWorld — repeat guard2021
1. The Worst Person in the World — repeat guard2021

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

The Truth (Kore-eda 2019) (2019) poster
2. The Truth (Kore-eda 2019)2019

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

Saint Frances (2019) (2019) poster
3. Saint Frances2019

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

Thithi (2015) poster
4. Thithi2015

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

The Half of It (2020) (2020) poster
5. The Half of It2020

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

Taxi (Tehran) (2015) poster
6. Taxi (Tehran)2015

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

Tiny Furniture (2010) poster
7. Tiny Furniture2010

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

Taxi (Panahi) (2015) poster
8. Taxi (Panahi)2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

We Have a Pope (2011) poster
9. We Have a Pope2011

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

Sidewalls (2011) poster
10. Sidewalls2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tulpan (2008) poster
11. Tulpan2008

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

Le Week-End (2013) (2013) poster
12. Le Week-End2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are 20th Century Women’s neighbours — where are yours?

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