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Films like Gallants.

Gallants (2010) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured martial-arts / 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.

Tanu Weds Manu (2011) poster
1. Tanu Weds Manu2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap (2018) poster
2. Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Date for Mad Mary (2016) poster
3. A Date for Mad Mary2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sunshine Cleaning (2008) poster
4. Sunshine Cleaning2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Like Crazy (2016) poster
5. Like Crazy2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Loose Cannons (2010) poster
6. Loose Cannons2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Khosla Ka Ghosla! (2006) poster
7. Khosla Ka Ghosla!2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Foul King (2000) poster
8. The Foul King2000

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Moscow, Belgium (2008) poster
9. Moscow, Belgium2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Premam (2015) poster
10. Premam2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Goon (2012) poster
11. Goon2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

On Probation (2005) poster
12. On Probation2005

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Gallants’s neighbours — where are yours?

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