Films like What Happened, Miss Simone?.

What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) reads as Sombre, steady, measured music / documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Gloria (2014) poster
1. Gloria2014

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

What the Health (2017) (2017) poster
2. What the Health2017

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

Pink (2016) poster
3. Pink2016

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

Forks Over Knives (2011) (2011) poster
4. Forks Over Knives2011

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

Truth (2015) poster
5. Truth2015

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

A Call to Spy (2020) poster
6. A Call to Spy2020

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

A Gang Story (2011) poster
7. A Gang Story2011

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

The Silent Revolution (2018) poster
8. The Silent Revolution2018

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

The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015) poster
9. The People vs. Fritz Bauer2015

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

Jane Got a Gun (2015) poster
10. Jane Got a Gun2015

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

Cairo 678 (2010) poster
11. Cairo 6782010

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

Denial (2016) poster
12. Denial2016

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

These are What Happened, Miss Simone?’s neighbours — where are yours?

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