Films like Ku! Kin-dza-dza.

Ku! Kin-dza-dza (2013) reads as Warm, steady, gentle animation / comedy, 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.

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

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the gentle temperature; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

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

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Triplets of Belleville (2003) poster
3. The Triplets of Belleville2003

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a gentle temperature.

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) poster
4. I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK2006

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Diamantino (2018) poster
5. Diamantino2018

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

The Brand New Testament (2015) poster
6. The Brand New Testament2015

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Girl Asleep (2015) poster
7. Girl Asleep2015

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the gentle temperature; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Over the Garden Wall (2014) poster
8. Over the Garden Wall2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ruby Sparks (2012) poster
9. Ruby Sparks2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a deep human warmth.

Leonor Will Never Die (2022) poster
10. Leonor Will Never Die2022

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

A Thousand Words (2012) poster
11. A Thousand Words2012

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the gentle temperature; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Crumbs (2015) poster
12. Crumbs2015

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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