Films like How to Talk to Girls at Parties.

How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / music, surreal 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.

K-12 (2019) poster
1. K-122019

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

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Alice in Wonderland (2010) (2010) poster
3. Alice in Wonderland2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Pinocchio (2019) poster
5. Pinocchio2019

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

The Prince's Voyage (2019) poster
7. The Prince's Voyage2019

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

Incredible But True (2022) poster
8. Incredible But True2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rite Here Rite Now (2024) poster
9. Rite Here Rite Now2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

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

The Wave (2019) poster
12. The Wave2019

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

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