Films like Living in Oblivion.

Living in Oblivion (1995) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / satire, inventive 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 Mix (2000) poster
1. The Mix2000

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The 'Burbs (1989) poster
2. The 'Burbs1989

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mighty Aphrodite (1995) poster
3. Mighty Aphrodite1995

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour; trades toward a warm emotional register.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) poster
4. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America1996

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beyond Therapy (1987) poster
5. Beyond Therapy1987

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hollywood Ending (2002) poster
6. Hollywood Ending2002

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Want to Go Home (1989) poster
7. I Want to Go Home1989

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Scoop (2006) poster
8. Scoop2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Carlota Joaquina (1995) poster
9. Carlota Joaquina1995

Keeps the running vein of humour and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Traffic (1998) poster
10. Traffic1998

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Up, Down and Sideways (1992) poster
11. Up, Down and Sideways1992

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Dr. T & the Women (2000) poster
12. Dr. T & the Women2000

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Living in Oblivion’s neighbours — where are yours?

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