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Films like September.

September (2022) reads as Warm, steady, gentle comedy, 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.

Lucky Them (2013) poster
1. Lucky Them2013

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

The Four of Us (2021) poster
2. The Four of Us2021

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

Somewhere in Queens (2023) poster
3. Somewhere in Queens2023

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

The Best Days (2023) poster
4. The Best Days2023

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

The Freshmen (2018) poster
5. The Freshmen2018

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

The Mystery of Henri Pick (2019) poster
6. The Mystery of Henri Pick2019

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

A Breath of Fresh Air (2022) poster
7. A Breath of Fresh Air2022

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

The Red and the Blue (2012) poster
8. The Red and the Blue2012

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

Happy Anniversary (2018) poster
9. Happy Anniversary2018

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

Photo de famille (2018) poster
10. Photo de famille2018

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

Our Futures (2015) poster
11. Our Futures2015

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

Battle of the Classes (2019) poster
12. Battle of the Classes2019

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

These are September’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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