Films like Looking for Eric.

Looking for Eric (2009) reads as Cosy, steady, gentle comedy / drama, inventive 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.

Grave Decisions (2006) poster
1. Grave Decisions2006

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

Lars and the Real Girl (2007) poster
2. Lars and the Real Girl2007

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the deep human warmth; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Barfi! (2012) poster
3. Barfi!2012

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the deep human warmth; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005) poster
4. Always: Sunset on Third Street2005

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Artist (2011) poster
5. The Artist2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) poster
6. Hunt for the Wilderpeople2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bread and Tulips (2000) poster
7. Bread and Tulips2000

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hi, Mom (2021) poster
8. Hi, Mom2021

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the deep human warmth — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Brigsby Bear (2017) poster
9. Brigsby Bear2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Man Who Was Superman (2008) poster
10. A Man Who Was Superman2008

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

La seconda volta non si scorda mai (2008) poster
11. La seconda volta non si scorda mai2008

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the deep human warmth — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Serendipity (2001) (2001) poster
12. Serendipity2001

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Looking for Eric’s neighbours — where are yours?

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