Films like With a Friend Like Harry.

With a Friend Like Harry (2000) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / psychological, inventive 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.

Taxi Blues (1990) poster
1. Taxi Blues1990

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

Markova: Comfort Gay (2000) poster
2. Markova: Comfort Gay2000

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

Vavien (2009) poster
3. Vavien2009

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

The Land of the Deaf (1998) poster
4. The Land of the Deaf1998

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

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998) poster
5. Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train1998

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

Kamikaze Taxi (1995) poster
6. Kamikaze Taxi1995

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

Exiled (2006) (2006) poster
7. Exiled2006

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

Kansas City (1996) poster
8. Kansas City1996

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

Little Children (2006) poster
9. Little Children2006

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

Husbands and Wives (1992) poster
10. Husbands and Wives1992

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

Bronx-Barbès (2000) poster
11. Bronx-Barbès2000

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

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) poster
12. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints2006

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

These are With a Friend Like Harry’s neighbours — where are yours?

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