Films like Where the Wild Things Are.

Where the Wild Things Are (2009) reads as Warm, measured, measured family / fantasy, inventive 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.

Bottle (2010) poster
1. Bottle2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

My Life as a Zucchini (2016) poster
2. My Life as a Zucchini2016

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A Letter to Momo (2011) poster
3. A Letter to Momo2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ricky (2009) poster
4. Ricky2009

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

Peter and the Wolf (2006) poster
5. Peter and the Wolf2006

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

Time of Eve (2010) poster
6. Time of Eve2010

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

Robot Dreams (2023) (2023) poster
7. Robot Dreams2023

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Mai Mai Miracle (2009) poster
8. Mai Mai Miracle2009

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

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022) poster
9. Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon2022

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Life Is to Whistle (1998) poster
10. Life Is to Whistle1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wolf Children (2012) poster
11. Wolf Children2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

John From (2015) poster
12. John From2015

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

These are Where the Wild Things Are’s neighbours — where are yours?

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