Films like If Anything Happens I Love You.

If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) reads as Heavy, measured, measured drama / animation, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender. 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.

Cargo (2013) poster
1. Cargo2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a stubborn streak of hope.

The Dark (2018) poster
2. The Dark2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Aningaaq (2013) poster
3. Aningaaq2013

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the airy, open telling; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Aujourd'hui (2012) poster
4. Aujourd'hui2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Equals (2015) poster
5. Equals2015

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a chilly detachment.

Bear Story (2016) poster
6. Bear Story2016

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the deep human warmth; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

A Monster Calls (2016) poster
7. A Monster Calls2016

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the deep human warmth; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

A Monster Calls (re-pass) (2016) poster
8. A Monster Calls (re-pass)2016

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the deep human warmth; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

When Marnie Was There (2014) poster
9. When Marnie Was There2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Summer Ghost (2021) poster
10. Summer Ghost2021

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Death of a Superhero (2011) poster
11. Death of a Superhero2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the deep human warmth; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Before I Wake (2016) poster
12. Before I Wake2016

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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