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Films like Cyrus.

Cyrus (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.

Don Verdean (2015) (2015) poster
1. Don Verdean2015

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

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) poster
2. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl2015

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

Humpday (2009) (2009) poster
3. Humpday2009

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

Deool (2011) poster
4. Deool2011

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

The Caiman (2006) poster
5. The Caiman2006

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

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

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

The Father (2019) poster
7. The Father2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Damsel (2018) poster
8. Damsel2018

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

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017) poster
9. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)2017

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

The Puffy Chair (2005) (2005) poster
10. The Puffy Chair2005

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

The Overnight (2015) poster
11. The Overnight2015

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

Silent Wedding (2008) poster
12. Silent Wedding2008

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

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