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Films like Johnny.

Johnny (2022) reads as Warm, steady, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender. 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.

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (2023) poster
1. David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived2023

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Once in a Lifetime (2014) poster
2. Once in a Lifetime2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Breathe (2017) poster
3. Breathe2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Last Rifleman (2023) poster
4. The Last Rifleman2023

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Can Only Imagine (2018) poster
5. I Can Only Imagine2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Gigi & Nate (2022) poster
6. Gigi & Nate2022

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ten Minutes (2024) poster
7. Ten Minutes2024

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

All Together Now (2020) poster
8. All Together Now2020

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Remi, Nobody's Boy (2018) poster
9. Remi, Nobody's Boy2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

My Brother, My Sister (2021) poster
10. My Brother, My Sister2021

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sugar and Stars (2023) poster
11. Sugar and Stars2023

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

In Safe Hands (2018) poster
12. In Safe Hands2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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