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Films like Happy Endings.

Happy Endings (2005) reads as Neutral, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, 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.

A Whole Life Ahead (2008) poster
1. A Whole Life Ahead2008

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

Thin Ice (2012) poster
2. Thin Ice2012

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

American Hustle (2013) poster
3. American Hustle2013

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

Estômago: A Gastronomic Story (2007) poster
4. Estômago: A Gastronomic Story2007

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

Mr. Nice (2010) poster
5. Mr. Nice2010

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

Duplicity (2009) (2009) poster
6. Duplicity2009

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

The Girl from Monaco (2008) poster
7. The Girl from Monaco2008

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

Cell Phone (2003) poster
8. Cell Phone2003

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

Find Me Guilty (2006) poster
9. Find Me Guilty2006

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

Leaves of Grass (2009) poster
10. Leaves of Grass2009

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

Life of Crime (2013) poster
11. Life of Crime2013

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

Pardon (2005) poster
12. Pardon2005

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

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