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Films like Chinaman.

Chinaman (2005) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle 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.

Sleeping Dogs (2009) poster
1. Sleeping Dogs2009

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

Bernard and Doris (2006) poster
2. Bernard and Doris2006

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

The Good Heart (2009) poster
3. The Good Heart2009

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

A Dinner for Them to Meet (2007) poster
4. A Dinner for Them to Meet2007

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

Blue Eyelids (2007) poster
5. Blue Eyelids2007

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

Take Care of My Cat (2001) poster
6. Take Care of My Cat2001

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

The Visitor (2008) poster
7. The Visitor2008

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

Boy Culture (2006) poster
8. Boy Culture2006

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

Nebraska (2013) poster
9. Nebraska2013

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

Live-In Maid (2004) poster
10. Live-In Maid2004

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

Killa (2014) poster
11. Killa2014

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

Wajib (2017) poster
12. Wajib2017

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

These are Chinaman’s neighbours — where are yours?

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