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Films like Fat People.

Fat People (2009) reads as Neutral, measured, gentle drama / comedy, 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.

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) poster
1. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee2009

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

The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) poster
2. The Notorious Bettie Page2006

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

Two Friends (2015) poster
3. Two Friends2015

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

Looking for Hortense (2012) poster
4. Looking for Hortense2012

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

Cold Weather (2010) poster
5. Cold Weather2010

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

Fasten Your Seatbelts (2014) poster
6. Fasten Your Seatbelts2014

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

The Complexity of Happiness (2015) poster
7. The Complexity of Happiness2015

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

Lady J (2018) poster
8. Lady J2018

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

Not Fade Away (2012) poster
9. Not Fade Away2012

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

Newton (2017) poster
10. Newton2017

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

Happy Birthday (2019) poster
11. Happy Birthday2019

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

The End of the Tour (2015) poster
12. The End of the Tour2015

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

These are Fat People’s neighbours — where are yours?

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