Films like An Ordinary Miracle.

An Ordinary Miracle (1978) reads as Warm, steady, measured fantasy / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender. 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.

Mary Poppins, Goodbye (1983) poster
1. Mary Poppins, Goodbye1983

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) poster
2. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands1976

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

That Same Munchausen (1979) poster
3. That Same Munchausen1979

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Formula of Love (1984) poster
4. Formula of Love1984

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Like Water for Chocolate (1992) poster
5. Like Water for Chocolate1992

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) poster
6. Peggy Sue Got Married1986

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Alice (1990) poster
7. Alice1990

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hirak Rajar Deshe (1980) poster
8. Hirak Rajar Deshe1980

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Popeye (1980) poster
9. Popeye1980

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Brother from Another Planet (1984) poster
10. The Brother from Another Planet1984

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) poster
11. The Purple Rose of Cairo1985

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973) poster
12. A Slightly Pregnant Man1973

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are An Ordinary Miracle’s neighbours — where are yours?

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