Films like Dilili in Paris.

Dilili in Paris (2018) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured animation / mystery, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, 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.

The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess (2022) poster
1. The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess2022

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Phantom Boy (2015) poster
2. Phantom Boy2015

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (2019) poster
3. The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily2019

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Tales of the Night (2011) poster
4. Tales of the Night2011

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Your Name (2016) poster
5. Your Name2016

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017) poster
6. Mary and the Witch's Flower2017

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012) poster
7. Kirikou and the Men and Women2012

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Modest Heroes (2018) poster
8. Modest Heroes2018

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Penguin Highway (2018) poster
9. Penguin Highway2018

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) poster
10. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time2006

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Golden Horse (2025) poster
11. The Golden Horse2025

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds (2023) poster
12. Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds2023

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

These are Dilili in Paris’s neighbours — where are yours?

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