Films like Another Happy Day.

Another Happy Day (2011) reads as Sombre, steady, measured 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 heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Good Neighbours (2011) poster
2. Good Neighbours2011

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

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

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

Ask Me Anything (2014) poster
4. Ask Me Anything2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a clean studio craft.

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

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

Il figlio più piccolo (2010) poster
6. Il figlio più piccolo2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Riot Club (2014) poster
7. The Riot Club2014

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

Small Engine Repair (2021) poster
8. Small Engine Repair2021

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

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

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Interview (2007) poster
10. Interview2007

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

12 and Holding (2006) poster
11. 12 and Holding2006

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

God's Pocket (2014) poster
12. God's Pocket2014

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

These are Another Happy Day’s neighbours — where are yours?

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