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Films like Smother.

Smother (2008) reads as Warm, kinetic, 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.

Miss Conception (2008) poster
1. Miss Conception2008

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

Meet My Friend (2010) poster
2. Meet My Friend2010

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

Labor Pains (2009) poster
3. Labor Pains2009

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

Table for Three (2009) poster
4. Table for Three2009

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

Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours (2007) poster
5. Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours2007

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

Wedding in Paris (2011) poster
6. Wedding in Paris2011

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

A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014) poster
7. A Merry Friggin' Christmas2014

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

The Jerk Theory (2009) poster
8. The Jerk Theory2009

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

Incognito (2009) poster
9. Incognito2009

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

Room(h)ates (2017) poster
10. Room(h)ates2017

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

Forever Young (2016) poster
11. Forever Young2016

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

Changing Sides (2009) poster
12. Changing Sides2009

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

These are Smother’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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