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Films like Les Francis.

Les Francis (2014) reads as Warm, breathless, gentle comedy, 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.

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) poster
1. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard2009

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

Halal State Security (2011) poster
2. Halal State Security2011

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

Search Party (2014) poster
3. Search Party2014

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

Do It Like An Hombre (2017) poster
4. Do It Like An Hombre2017

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

Kolpacino: Bomb (2011) poster
5. Kolpacino: Bomb2011

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

Daddy or Mommy (2015) poster
6. Daddy or Mommy2015

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

The Man Cave (2014) poster
7. The Man Cave2014

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

Walk of Shame (2014) poster
8. Walk of Shame2014

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

Military Academy (2007) poster
9. Military Academy2007

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

Amici come noi (2014) poster
10. Amici come noi2014

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

The Bronze (2016) poster
11. The Bronze2016

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

The Marquis (2011) poster
12. The Marquis2011

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

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