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Films like Keep Cool.

Keep Cool (1997) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured comedy / drama, inventive 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.

Man on the Moon (1999) poster
1. Man on the Moon1999

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Something Wild (1986) poster
2. Something Wild1986

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

Dr. T & the Women (2000) poster
3. Dr. T & the Women2000

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Opposite of Sex (1998) poster
4. The Opposite of Sex1998

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

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989) poster
5. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Guys from Paradise (2000) poster
6. The Guys from Paradise2000

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Man Who Copied (2003) poster
7. The Man Who Copied2003

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

Celebrity (1998) poster
8. Celebrity1998

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998) poster
9. Young Thugs: Nostalgia1998

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

American Splendor (2003) poster
10. American Splendor2003

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

In China They Eat Dogs (1999) poster
11. In China They Eat Dogs1999

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

Muriel's Wedding (1994) poster
12. Muriel's Wedding1994

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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