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Films like Being 17.

Being 17 (2016) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Starlet (2012) (2012) poster
1. Starlet2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) poster
2. If Beale Street Could Talk2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tomboy (2011) (2011) poster
3. Tomboy2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

With You, Without You (2012) poster
4. With You, Without You2012

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

Gloria Bell (2018) poster
5. Gloria Bell2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pain and Glory (2019) poster
6. Pain and Glory2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Another Year (2010) poster
7. Another Year2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Slow (Lithuania) (2023) poster
8. Slow (Lithuania)2023

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

The Summer of Sangaile (Lithuania) (2015) poster
9. The Summer of Sangaile (Lithuania)2015

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

One Fine Morning (2022) poster
10. One Fine Morning2022

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

Shoplifters (2018) poster
11. Shoplifters2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cherry Tobacco (2014) poster
12. Cherry Tobacco2014

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

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