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Films like Nuts in May.

Nuts in May (1976) reads as Warm, steady, gentle comedy / television, 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.

Grown-Ups (1980) poster
1. Grown-Ups1980

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Funeral (1984) poster
2. The Funeral1984

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Capricious Summer (1968) poster
3. Capricious Summer1968

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lost in America (1985) poster
4. Lost in America1985

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Clerks (1994) poster
5. Clerks1994

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Man Who Loved Women (1977) poster
6. The Man Who Loved Women1977

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Ecce Bombo (1978) poster
7. Ecce Bombo1978

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Unbelievable Truth (1989) poster
8. The Unbelievable Truth1989

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Orderly or Disorderly (1981) poster
9. Orderly or Disorderly1981

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

She's Gotta Have It (1986) poster
10. She's Gotta Have It1986

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) (1964) poster
11. Kiss Me, Stupid1964

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

A Good Marriage (1982) poster
12. A Good Marriage1982

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

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