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Films like Hippocrates.

Hippocrates (2014) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured 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.

Last Flag Flying (2017) poster
1. Last Flag Flying2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bwakaw (2012) poster
2. Bwakaw2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Tallulah (2016) poster
3. Tallulah2016

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

The Skeleton Twins (2014) poster
4. The Skeleton Twins2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Damned United (2009) poster
5. The Damned United2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Laila's Birthday (2008) poster
6. Laila's Birthday2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

This Is Where I Leave You (2014) (2014) poster
7. This Is Where I Leave You2014

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

The Intervention (2016) poster
8. The Intervention2016

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

Nothing in Return (2015) poster
9. Nothing in Return2015

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

Why Did I Get Married? (2007) poster
10. Why Did I Get Married?2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Indie Game: The Movie (2012) poster
11. Indie Game: The Movie2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Vanished Empire (2008) poster
12. The Vanished Empire2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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