Films like Hannah Gadsby: Nanette.

Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

California Dreamin' (2007) poster
1. California Dreamin'2007

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Blow the Man Down (2019) poster
2. Blow the Man Down2019

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

Riders of Justice (2020) poster
3. Riders of Justice2020

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

In Order of Disappearance (2014) poster
4. In Order of Disappearance2014

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

Dead Pigs (2018) poster
5. Dead Pigs2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

See You Up There (2017) poster
6. See You Up There2017

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

The Sisters Brothers (2018) poster
7. The Sisters Brothers2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017) poster
8. I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

The Distinguished Citizen (2016) poster
9. The Distinguished Citizen2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Big Night! (2021) poster
10. Big Night!2021

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

Wild Tales (2014) poster
11. Wild Tales2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

The Announcement (2018) poster
12. The Announcement2018

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

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