FilmsHappy, TexasLike this

Films like Happy, Texas.

Happy, Texas (1999) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / crime, grounded in texture. Redemptive, 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.

Analyze This (1999) poster
1. Analyze This1999

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

Everybody's Famous! (2000) poster
2. Everybody's Famous!2000

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) poster
3. Sumo Do, Sumo Don't1992

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

Ode to the Goddess of Mercy (2004) poster
4. Ode to the Goddess of Mercy2004

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

In & Out (1997) poster
5. In & Out1997

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

Salaam Namaste (2005) poster
6. Salaam Namaste2005

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

Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003) poster
7. Lisbela and the Prisoner2003

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

The Irony of Fate. The Continuation (2007) poster
8. The Irony of Fate. The Continuation2007

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

All Stars (1997) poster
9. All Stars1997

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

Cheese and Jam (2003) poster
10. Cheese and Jam2003

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

Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006) poster
11. Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds2006

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

Conduct Zero (2002) poster
12. Conduct Zero2002

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

These are Happy, Texas’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →