Films like Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000.

Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976) reads as Neutral, measured, measured comedy / drama, 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.

Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) poster
1. Minnie and Moskowitz1971

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mandabi (1968) poster
2. Mandabi1968

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Ariel (1988) poster
3. Ariel1988

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sherman's March (1985) poster
4. Sherman's March1985

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Shadows in Paradise (1986) poster
5. Shadows in Paradise1986

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Pauline at the Beach (1983) poster
6. Pauline at the Beach1983

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bye Bye Brasil (1979) poster
7. Bye Bye Brasil1979

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Manhattan (1979) poster
8. Manhattan1979

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

California Split (1974) poster
9. California Split1974

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

A Wedding (1978) poster
10. A Wedding1978

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mandi (1983) poster
11. Mandi1983

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Simple Men (1992) poster
12. Simple Men1992

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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