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Films like I Want You.

I Want You (2007) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle romance / 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.

Motherhood (2009) poster
1. Motherhood2009

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

$5 a Day (2008) poster
2. $5 a Day2008

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

Baby on Board (2009) poster
3. Baby on Board2009

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

18 Years Old and Rising (2011) poster
4. 18 Years Old and Rising2011

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

Meet Bill (2007) poster
5. Meet Bill2007

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

The Nanny Diaries (2007) poster
6. The Nanny Diaries2007

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

Write It on the Walls (2007) poster
7. Write It on the Walls2007

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

Father of Invention (2010) poster
8. Father of Invention2010

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

Admission (2013) poster
9. Admission2013

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

Weather Girl (2009) poster
10. Weather Girl2009

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

Suburban Girl (2007) poster
11. Suburban Girl2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Rumor Has It... (2005) poster
12. Rumor Has It...2005

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

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