Films like The Family Fang.

The Family Fang (2016) reads as Sombre, steady, gentle comedy / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold. 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.

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) poster
1. Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond2017

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

Welcome to Me (2015) poster
2. Welcome to Me2015

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

My Scientology Movie (2016) poster
3. My Scientology Movie2016

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

Superstar (2012) poster
4. Superstar2012

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

The Details (2012) poster
5. The Details2012

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

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) poster
6. Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau2014

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

Take Me (2017) poster
7. Take Me2017

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

Sanctuary (2023) poster
8. Sanctuary2023

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

Afternoon Delight (2013) poster
9. Afternoon Delight2013

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

Masquerade (2022) poster
10. Masquerade2022

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

Walk All Over Me (2007) poster
11. Walk All Over Me2007

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

Thin Ice (2012) poster
12. Thin Ice2012

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

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