Films like Very Good Girls.

Very Good Girls (2013) reads as Neutral, steady, gentle drama / coming-of-age, 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.

The Red Thread (2016) poster
1. The Red Thread2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

10,000 Saints (2015) poster
2. 10,000 Saints2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

My Week with Marilyn (2011) poster
3. My Week with Marilyn2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Genius (2016) poster
4. Genius2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Chimpanzee (2012) poster
5. Chimpanzee2012

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Maria Montessori (2023) poster
6. Maria Montessori2023

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a stubborn streak of hope.

Middle of Nowhere (2008) poster
7. Middle of Nowhere2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

DC Showcase: Death (2019) poster
8. DC Showcase: Death2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Borg vs McEnroe (2017) poster
9. Borg vs McEnroe2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Blood and Chocolate (2007) poster
10. Blood and Chocolate2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Twilight (2008) poster
11. Twilight2008

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Being James Bond (2021) poster
12. Being James Bond2021

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Very Good Girls’s neighbours — where are yours?

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