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Films like The Extra Man.

The Extra Man (2010) reads as Warm, steady, gentle comedy, 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.

Granny's Funeral (2012) poster
1. Granny's Funeral2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sleepwalk with Me (2012) poster
2. Sleepwalk with Me2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

If You Are the One 2 (2010) poster
3. If You Are the One 22010

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

Meet Monica Velour (2010) poster
4. Meet Monica Velour2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Inadequate People (2010) poster
5. Inadequate People2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Goats (2012) poster
6. Goats2012

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

The Pretty One (2014) poster
7. The Pretty One2014

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

Jack and Jill vs. The World (2008) poster
8. Jack and Jill vs. The World2008

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

Girl Most Likely (2012) poster
9. Girl Most Likely2012

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Flakes (2007) poster
10. Flakes2007

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

LOL (2006) poster
11. LOL2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Me, Them and Lara (2010) poster
12. Me, Them and Lara2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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