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Films like The Marquis.

The Marquis (2011) reads as Warm, breathless, gentle comedy / heist, 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.

Vai Que Dá Certo (2013) poster
1. Vai Que Dá Certo2013

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

The Whistler (2010) poster
2. The Whistler2010

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

Safari (2009) poster
3. Safari2009

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

RTT (2009) poster
4. RTT2009

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

You Don't Choose Your Family (2011) poster
5. You Don't Choose Your Family2011

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

The Grad Job (2014) poster
6. The Grad Job2014

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

Halal State Security (2011) poster
7. Halal State Security2011

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

Bottoms Up (2006) poster
8. Bottoms Up2006

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

Kolpacino: Bomb (2011) poster
9. Kolpacino: Bomb2011

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

Outing: Engaged by Mistake (2013) poster
10. Outing: Engaged by Mistake2013

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

So Undercover (2012) poster
11. So Undercover2012

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

Les Francis (2014) poster
12. Les Francis2014

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

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