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Films like The Landlord.

The Landlord (2007) reads as Warm, breathless, gentle comedy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

The Usual Idiots: The Movie (2011) poster
1. The Usual Idiots: The Movie2011

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 (2014) poster
2. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .52014

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Recep Ivedik (2008) poster
3. Recep Ivedik2008

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Reno 911!: Miami (2007) poster
4. Reno 911!: Miami2007

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity (2007) poster
5. Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity2007

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Bros Before Hos (2013) poster
6. Bros Before Hos2013

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Dance Flick (2009) poster
7. Dance Flick2009

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Still Waiting... (2009) poster
8. Still Waiting...2009

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a clean studio craft.

Dirty Love (2005) poster
9. Dirty Love2005

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the running vein of humour; trades toward a clean studio craft.

The Parisian Bitch (2015) poster
10. The Parisian Bitch2015

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010) poster
11. The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It2010

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a clean studio craft.

Strange Wilderness (2008) poster
12. Strange Wilderness2008

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the gentle temperature; trades toward a clean studio craft.

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