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Films like Submarine.

Submarine (2011) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle drama / comedy, inventive 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.

Carmina or Blow Up (2012) poster
1. Carmina or Blow Up2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mammuth (2010) poster
2. Mammuth2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Free Floating (2006) poster
3. Free Floating2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017) poster
4. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hahaha (2010) poster
5. Hahaha2010

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

Güeros (2014) poster
6. Güeros2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Year of the Dog (2007) poster
7. Year of the Dog2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Magic Gloves (2003) poster
8. The Magic Gloves2003

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

25 Watts (2001) poster
9. 25 Watts2001

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Oki's Movie (2010) poster
10. Oki's Movie2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ghost World (2001) poster
11. Ghost World2001

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

The Climb (2020) poster
12. The Climb2020

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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