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Films like Licorice Pizza.

Licorice Pizza (2021) reads as Warm, steady, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, 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.

The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020) poster
1. The Forty-Year-Old Version2020

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Frances Ha (2012) poster
2. Frances Ha2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Faithful Man (2018) poster
3. A Faithful Man2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

We Are the Best! (2013) poster
4. We Are the Best!2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016) poster
5. Maheshinte Prathikaaram2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) poster
6. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.2023

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Piano in a Factory (2010) poster
7. The Piano in a Factory2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) poster
8. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande2022

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Le Havre (2011) poster
9. Le Havre2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Old Man and the Gun (2018) poster
10. The Old Man and the Gun2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sidewalls (2011) poster
11. Sidewalls2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) poster
12. Cha Cha Real Smooth2022

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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