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Films like Mean Girls.

Mean Girls (2004) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, 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.

Easy A (2010) poster
1. Easy A2010

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Santa Claus Gang (2010) poster
2. The Santa Claus Gang2010

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

7 and 8 (2007) poster
3. 7 and 82007

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Salaam Namaste (2005) poster
4. Salaam Namaste2005

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Love You in All Languages of the World (2005) poster
5. I Love You in All Languages of the World2005

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Once Upon a Time in the Oued (2005) poster
6. Once Upon a Time in the Oued2005

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Adam & Steve (2005) poster
7. Adam & Steve2005

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005) poster
8. The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green2005

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bridesmaids (2011) poster
9. Bridesmaids2011

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Romeo and Juliet Get Married (2005) poster
10. Romeo and Juliet Get Married2005

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Knocked Up (2007) poster
11. Knocked Up2007

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Juno (2007) poster
12. Juno2007

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Mean Girls’s neighbours — where are yours?

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