Films like My Worst Nightmare.

My Worst Nightmare (2011) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / music, 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.

Love Lasts Three Years (2011) poster
1. Love Lasts Three Years2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lolo (2015) poster
2. Lolo2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Love & Slaps (2010) poster
3. Love & Slaps2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Ultimate Accessory (2013) poster
4. The Ultimate Accessory2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (2011) poster
5. Conan O'Brien Can't Stop2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Neue Vahr Süd (2010) poster
6. Neue Vahr Süd2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ceremony (2010) poster
7. Ceremony2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Girl Most Likely (2012) poster
8. Girl Most Likely2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mansome (2012) poster
9. Mansome2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a warm emotional register.

The French Kissers (2009) poster
10. The French Kissers2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Boyfriend for My Wife (2008) poster
11. A Boyfriend for My Wife2008

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

Leatherheads (2008) poster
12. Leatherheads2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a warm emotional register.

These are My Worst Nightmare’s neighbours — where are yours?

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