Films like Boyfriends and Girlfriends.

Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987) reads as Warm, steady, gentle comedies and proverbs / 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.

She's Gotta Have It (1986) poster
1. She's Gotta Have It1986

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

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987) poster
2. Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle1987

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

A Good Marriage (1982) poster
3. A Good Marriage1982

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

First Graders (1984) poster
4. First Graders1984

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

May Fools (1990) poster
5. May Fools1990

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

Go Fish (1994) (1994) poster
6. Go Fish1994

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

Rendezvous in Paris (1995) poster
7. Rendezvous in Paris1995

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

In the Soup (1992) poster
8. In the Soup1992

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

The Watermelon Woman (1996) poster
9. The Watermelon Woman1996

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Man Who Loved Women (1977) poster
10. The Man Who Loved Women1977

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

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) poster
11. Hannah and Her Sisters1986

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

High Hopes (1988) poster
12. High Hopes1988

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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