Films like Big Time Adolescence.

Big Time Adolescence (2020) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, 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.

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018) poster
1. Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)2018

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

You Hurt My Feelings (2023) poster
2. You Hurt My Feelings2023

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

Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap (2018) poster
3. Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap2018

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

Moving On (2023) poster
4. Moving On2023

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

Mama Weed (2020) poster
5. Mama Weed2020

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

The Book of Sun (2020) poster
6. The Book of Sun2020

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

A Date for Mad Mary (2016) poster
7. A Date for Mad Mary2016

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

Two Lottery Tickets (2016) poster
8. Two Lottery Tickets2016

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

Don't Think Twice (2016) poster
9. Don't Think Twice2016

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

Reza (2018) poster
10. Reza2018

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

Dude (2018) poster
11. Dude2018

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

Hill Start (2014) poster
12. Hill Start2014

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

These are Big Time Adolescence’s neighbours — where are yours?

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