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Films like Girl Asleep.

Girl Asleep (2015) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle fantasy / comedy, surreal 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.

Grand Theft Hamlet (2024) poster
1. Grand Theft Hamlet2024

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) poster
2. I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK2006

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

On a Magical Night (2019) poster
3. On a Magical Night2019

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Leonor Will Never Die (2022) poster
4. Leonor Will Never Die2022

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sita Sings the Blues (2008) poster
5. Sita Sings the Blues2008

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Over the Garden Wall (2014) poster
6. Over the Garden Wall2014

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Rabbi's Cat (2011) (2011) poster
7. The Rabbi's Cat2011

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mandibles (2020) poster
8. Mandibles2020

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Liza, the Fox-Fairy (2015) poster
9. Liza, the Fox-Fairy2015

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Sword and the Rose (2010) poster
10. The Sword and the Rose2010

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Face You Deserve (2004) poster
11. The Face You Deserve2004

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dave Made a Maze (2017) poster
12. Dave Made a Maze2017

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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