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Films like Shopgirl.

Shopgirl (2005) reads as Warm, measured, gentle comedy / drama, 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.

Save the Date (2012) poster
1. Save the Date2012

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

Broken English (2007) poster
2. Broken English2007

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

Beeswax (2009) poster
3. Beeswax2009

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

Bernard and Doris (2006) poster
4. Bernard and Doris2006

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

Diggers (2007) poster
5. Diggers2007

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

Acne (2008) poster
6. Acne2008

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

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006) poster
7. I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With2006

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

Purple Violets (2007) poster
8. Purple Violets2007

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

To Paint or Make Love (2005) poster
9. To Paint or Make Love2005

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

A Dinner for Them to Meet (2007) poster
10. A Dinner for Them to Meet2007

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

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

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

All Is Bright (2013) poster
12. All Is Bright2013

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Shopgirl’s neighbours — where are yours?

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