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Films like Young Adult.

Young Adult (2011) reads as Sombre, steady, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold. 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.

Blue Jasmine (2013) poster
1. Blue Jasmine2013

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

You're Killing Me Susana (2016) poster
2. You're Killing Me Susana2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Joshy (2016) poster
3. Joshy2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Vicious Kind (2009) poster
4. The Vicious Kind2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Look of Love (2013) poster
5. The Look of Love2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Solitary Man (2009) poster
6. Solitary Man2009

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

August: Osage County (2013) poster
7. August: Osage County2013

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Motive (2017) poster
8. The Motive2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Jealous (2017) poster
9. Jealous2017

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

Ingrid Goes West (2017) poster
10. Ingrid Goes West2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Four Letter Words (2000) poster
11. Four Letter Words2000

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

Adam & Paul (2004) poster
12. Adam & Paul2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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