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Films like Saint Frances.

Saint Frances (2019) reads as Neutral, steady, measured drama / 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.

The Half of It (2020) (2020) poster
1. The Half of It2020

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017) poster
2. Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Enough Said (2013) (2013) poster
3. Enough Said2013

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Scrapper (2023) poster
4. Scrapper2023

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Faithful Man (2018) poster
5. A Faithful Man2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

20th Century Women (2016) poster
6. 20th Century Women2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Your Sister's Sister (2011) poster
7. Your Sister's Sister2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The WorstPerson in theWorld — repeat guard2021
8. The Worst Person in the World — repeat guard2021

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Win Win (2011) (2011) poster
9. Win Win2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Old Man and the Gun (2018) poster
10. The Old Man and the Gun2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Thelma (2024) (2024) poster
11. Thelma2024

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Support the Girls (2018) poster
12. Support the Girls2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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