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Films like December Boys.

December Boys (2007) reads as Warm, measured, gentle drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender. 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.

A Millionaire's First Love (2006) poster
1. A Millionaire's First Love2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Akron (2015) poster
2. Akron2015

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Heavenly Forest (2006) poster
3. Heavenly Forest2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Black Balloon (2008) poster
4. The Black Balloon2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Jackie & Ryan (2014) poster
5. Jackie & Ryan2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Yellow Handkerchief (2009) poster
6. The Yellow Handkerchief2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Adam (2009) poster
7. Adam2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

People Like Us (2012) poster
8. People Like Us2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Alternate Weeks (and Half the Vacation) (2009) poster
9. Alternate Weeks (and Half the Vacation)2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Perfect Ending (2012) poster
10. A Perfect Ending2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013) poster
11. Mr. Morgan's Last Love2013

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A Little Chaos (2015) poster
12. A Little Chaos2015

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are December Boys’s neighbours — where are yours?

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