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Films like Computer Chess.

Computer Chess (2013) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle comedy, surreal 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.

My Winnipeg (2007) poster
1. My Winnipeg2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Achilles and the Tortoise (2008) poster
2. Achilles and the Tortoise2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Bothersome Man (Norway) (2006) poster
3. The Bothersome Man (Norway)2006

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Kajillionaire (2020) poster
4. Kajillionaire2020

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996) poster
5. Chronicle of a Disappearance1996

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

The Great Beauty (2013) poster
6. The Great Beauty2013

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

God's Wedding (1999) poster
7. God's Wedding1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

This Must Be the Place (2011) (2011) poster
8. This Must Be the Place2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Last Days of Emma Blank (2009) poster
9. The Last Days of Emma Blank2009

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Wrong (2012) poster
10. Wrong2012

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

The Future (2011) (2011) poster
11. The Future2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Chevalier (2015) poster
12. Chevalier2015

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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