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Films like Boy.

Boy (2010) reads as Neutral, steady, 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.

Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011) poster
1. Jeff, Who Lives at Home2011

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

Together (2000) (2000) poster
2. Together2000

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

The Cuckoo (2002) (2002) poster
3. The Cuckoo2002

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

Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017) poster
4. Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum2017

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

Sidewalls (2011) poster
5. Sidewalls2011

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

Humpday (2009) (2009) poster
6. Humpday2009

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

Ankhon Dekhi (2013) poster
7. Ankhon Dekhi2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Other Side of Hope (2017) poster
8. The Other Side of Hope2017

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

A Faithful Man (2018) poster
9. A Faithful Man2018

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

Volver (2006) poster
10. Volver2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Father (2019) poster
11. The Father2019

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

In a World... (2013) (2013) poster
12. In a World...2013

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

These are Boy’s neighbours — where are yours?

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