Films like Monkey Business.

Monkey Business (1931) reads as Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy, 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.

Horse Feathers (1932) (1932) poster
1. Horse Feathers1932

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

A Day at the Races (1937) (1937) poster
2. A Day at the Races1937

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

A Night at the Opera (1935) (1935) poster
3. A Night at the Opera1935

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

Duck Soup (1933) poster
4. Duck Soup1933

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

The Bank Dick (1940) (1940) poster
5. The Bank Dick1940

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

À Nous la Liberté (1931) poster
6. À Nous la Liberté1931

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

The Italian Straw Hat (1928) poster
7. The Italian Straw Hat1928

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

Festival of St. Jorgen (1930) poster
8. Festival of St. Jorgen1930

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

The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924) poster
9. The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks1924

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

Easy Living (1937) poster
10. Easy Living1937

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

Chess Fever (1925) poster
11. Chess Fever1925

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

Le Million (1931) poster
12. Le Million1931

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a heightened unreality.

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