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Films like Bad 25.

Bad 25 (2012) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle documentary / music, grounded in texture. Redemptive, 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.

Sound City (2013) poster
1. Sound City2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005) poster
2. Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul2005

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pearl Jam Twenty (2011) poster
3. Pearl Jam Twenty2011

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

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (2010) poster
4. Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Foo Fighters: Back and Forth (2011) poster
5. Foo Fighters: Back and Forth2011

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

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) poster
6. Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten2007

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

Montevideo, God Bless You! (2010) poster
7. Montevideo, God Bless You!2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

A Band Called Death (2013) poster
8. A Band Called Death2013

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

The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005) poster
9. The Greatest Game Ever Played2005

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Stan Lee (2023) poster
10. Stan Lee2023

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

Stephen Curry: Underrated (2023) poster
11. Stephen Curry: Underrated2023

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Speak Up (2017) poster
12. Speak Up2017

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

These are Bad 25’s neighbours — where are yours?

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