Films like Alice in Wonderland.

Alice in Wonderland (2010) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured family / adventure, surreal 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.

Bunraku (2010) poster
1. Bunraku2010

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Genius Party (2007) poster
2. Genius Party2007

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable (2017) poster
3. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable2017

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) (2013) poster
4. Oz the Great and Powerful2013

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

Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017) poster
5. Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds2017

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) poster
6. How to Talk to Girls at Parties2017

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) poster
7. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale2010

Keeps the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Warrior's Way (2010) poster
8. The Warrior's Way2010

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Doctor Strange (2016) (2016) poster
9. Doctor Strange2016

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Dave Made a Maze (2017) poster
10. Dave Made a Maze2017

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Inu-Oh (2022) (2022) poster
11. Inu-Oh2022

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

K-12 (2019) poster
12. K-122019

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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