Films like That Sugar Film.

That Sugar Film (2014) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012) poster
1. We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists2012

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

A Man of Action (2022) poster
2. A Man of Action2022

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

Girl You Know It's True (2023) poster
3. Girl You Know It's True2023

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

Finding Steve McQueen (2019) poster
4. Finding Steve McQueen2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (2008) poster
5. Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?2008

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

The Hummingbird Project (2019) poster
6. The Hummingbird Project2019

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

The Current War (2018) poster
7. The Current War2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Masquerade (2012) poster
8. Masquerade2012

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

Mr. Nice (2010) poster
9. Mr. Nice2010

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

The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007) poster
10. The Union: The Business Behind Getting High2007

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

The Takeover (2022) poster
11. The Takeover2022

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Man of the Year (2006) poster
12. Man of the Year2006

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

These are That Sugar Film’s neighbours — where are yours?

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