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Films like Clear History.

Clear History (2013) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / tv-movie, 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.

Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014) poster
1. Hello Ladies: The Movie2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive (2013) poster
2. Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Pain in the Ass (2008) poster
3. A Pain in the Ass2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

A Boyfriend for My Wife (2008) poster
4. A Boyfriend for My Wife2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dave Chappelle: Equanimity (2017) poster
5. Dave Chappelle: Equanimity2017

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Ultimate Accessory (2013) poster
6. The Ultimate Accessory2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

My Worst Nightmare (2011) poster
7. My Worst Nightmare2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Lolo (2015) poster
8. Lolo2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden (2015) poster
9. Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Simply Black (2020) poster
10. Simply Black2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Night My Mother Killed My Father (2016) poster
11. The Night My Mother Killed My Father2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dave Chappelle: Deep in the Heart of Texas (2017) poster
12. Dave Chappelle: Deep in the Heart of Texas2017

Keeps the heightened unreality and the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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