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Analyze This (1999) reads as Cosy, breathless, measured gangster / psychiatry, grounded in texture. Redemptive, 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.

Happy, Texas (1999) poster
1. Happy, Texas1999

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

In & Out (1997) poster
2. In & Out1997

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hush Hush Baby (2004) poster
3. Hush Hush Baby2004

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003) poster
4. Lisbela and the Prisoner2003

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

American Pie (1999) poster
5. American Pie1999

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ode to the Goddess of Mercy (2004) poster
6. Ode to the Goddess of Mercy2004

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Chicken and Duck Talk (1988) poster
7. Chicken and Duck Talk1988

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) poster
8. Sumo Do, Sumo Don't1992

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Everybody's Famous! (2000) poster
9. Everybody's Famous!2000

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

Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006) poster
10. Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds2006

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

What About Bob? (1991) poster
11. What About Bob?1991

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Birdcage (1996) poster
12. The Birdcage1996

Keeps the running vein of humour and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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