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Films like Monkey Kingdom.

Monkey Kingdom (2015) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle documentary / survival, 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.

I Am Kalam (2010) poster
1. I Am Kalam2010

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

Seventeen (2019) poster
2. Seventeen2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Hula Girls (2006) poster
3. Hula Girls2006

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

Love 911 (2012) poster
4. Love 9112012

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

The Way He Looks (2014) poster
5. The Way He Looks2014

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

Ricki and the Flash (2015) poster
6. Ricki and the Flash2015

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

African Cats (2011) poster
7. African Cats2011

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

Nil Battey Sannata (2015) poster
8. Nil Battey Sannata2015

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

Wild Rose (2019) poster
9. Wild Rose2019

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

Born in China (2016) poster
10. Born in China2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Boy Meets Girl (2014) poster
11. Boy Meets Girl2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Buena Vista Social Club: Adiós (2017) poster
12. Buena Vista Social Club: Adiós2017

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Monkey Kingdom’s neighbours — where are yours?

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