Films like The Worst Person in the World.

The Worst Person in the World (2021) reads as Neutral, steady, measured drama / romance, 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.

Eeb Allay Ooo! (2019) poster
1. Eeb Allay Ooo!2019

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

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) poster
2. Happy New Year, Colin Burstead2018

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

Ee.Ma.Yau (2018) poster
3. Ee.Ma.Yau2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) poster
4. The Meyerowitz Stories2017

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

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) poster
5. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl2015

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

When You Finish Saving the World (2022) poster
6. When You Finish Saving the World2022

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

Another Round (2020) poster
7. Another Round2020

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

The Father (2019) poster
8. The Father2019

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

Shortcomings (2023) (2023) poster
9. Shortcomings2023

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

The WorstPerson in theWorld — repeat guard2021
10. The Worst Person in the World — repeat guard2021

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

Thunder Road (2018) poster
11. Thunder Road2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mia Madre (2015) poster
12. Mia Madre2015

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

These are The Worst Person in the World’s neighbours — where are yours?

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