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Films like Manglehorn.

Manglehorn (2015) reads as Sombre, measured, gentle 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.

Me & You (2012) poster
1. Me & You2012

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

Late Autumn (2011) poster
2. Late Autumn2011

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

Life (2015) poster
3. Life2015

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

Departure (2016) poster
4. Departure2016

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

28 Hotel Rooms (2012) poster
5. 28 Hotel Rooms2012

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

Nothing Personal (2009) poster
6. Nothing Personal2009

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

Hideaway (Le refuge) (2009) poster
7. Hideaway (Le refuge)2009

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

The Bookshop (2017) poster
8. The Bookshop2017

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

Lovesong (2017) poster
9. Lovesong2017

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

Momma's Man (2008) poster
10. Momma's Man2008

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

The Memory of Water (2015) poster
11. The Memory of Water2015

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

The Chambermaid (2018) poster
12. The Chambermaid2018

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

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