Films like If They're Roses....

If They're Roses... (2018) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle 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.

Daddy Cool (2017) poster
1. Daddy Cool2017

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

New Biz in the Hood (2019) poster
2. New Biz in the Hood2019

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

Disconnected (2018) poster
3. Disconnected2018

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

We Are Family (2016) poster
4. We Are Family2016

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

Knock (2017) poster
5. Knock2017

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

A New Girl in Paris! (2018) poster
6. A New Girl in Paris!2018

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

Dedicated to my ex (2019) poster
7. Dedicated to my ex2019

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

Three Perfect Daughters (2020) poster
8. Three Perfect Daughters2020

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

A Good Doctor (2019) poster
9. A Good Doctor2019

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

All Roads Lead to Rome (2016) poster
10. All Roads Lead to Rome2016

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

Il vegetale (2018) poster
11. Il vegetale2018

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

Two Stepmoms (2016) poster
12. Two Stepmoms2016

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

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