Films like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) reads as Neutral, steady, measured drama / 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.

Cyrus (2010) (2010) poster
1. Cyrus2010

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

The Father (2019) poster
2. The Father2019

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

The Worst Person in the World (2021) poster
3. The Worst Person in the World2021

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

Don Verdean (2015) (2015) poster
4. Don Verdean2015

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

Damsel (2018) poster
5. Damsel2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) poster
6. The Meyerowitz Stories2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Silent Wedding (2008) poster
7. Silent Wedding2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Another Round (2020) poster
8. Another Round2020

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

Zinda Bhaag (2013) poster
9. Zinda Bhaag2013

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

The Good Boss (2021) poster
10. The Good Boss2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Humpday (2009) (2009) poster
11. Humpday2009

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

Eeb Allay Ooo! (2019) poster
12. Eeb Allay Ooo!2019

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

These are Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’s neighbours — where are yours?

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