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Films like Simon.

Simon (2004) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / friendship, 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.

Sunshine Cleaning (2008) poster
1. Sunshine Cleaning2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cloaca (2003) poster
2. Cloaca2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Wackness (2008) poster
3. The Wackness2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lovely & Amazing (2001) poster
4. Lovely & Amazing2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

East Is East (1999) poster
5. East Is East1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sexo, Pudor y Lágrimas (1999) poster
6. Sexo, Pudor y Lágrimas1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) poster
7. Diary of a Mad Black Woman2005

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

Why Did I Get Married? (2007) poster
8. Why Did I Get Married?2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Chasing Amy (1997) poster
9. Chasing Amy1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beautiful Girls (1996) poster
10. Beautiful Girls1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Vanished Empire (2008) poster
11. The Vanished Empire2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mungaru Male (2006) poster
12. Mungaru Male2006

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

These are Simon’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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