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Films like The Professor.

The Professor (2019) reads as Sombre, steady, gentle comedy / drama, 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.

Downhill (2020) poster
1. Downhill2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Destination Wedding (2018) poster
2. Destination Wedding2018

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

Just Before I Go (2015) poster
3. Just Before I Go2015

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

El Camino Christmas (2017) poster
4. El Camino Christmas2017

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

Accidents Happen (2009) poster
5. Accidents Happen2009

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

Stand Up Guys (2012) poster
6. Stand Up Guys2012

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

Jealous (2017) poster
7. Jealous2017

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

The D Train (2015) poster
8. The D Train2015

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

You're Killing Me Susana (2016) poster
9. You're Killing Me Susana2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Don't Air Your Dirty Laundry In Public (2020) poster
10. Don't Air Your Dirty Laundry In Public2020

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

Barry (2016) poster
11. Barry2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Not Okay (2022) poster
12. Not Okay2022

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

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