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Films like Mr. Nobody.

Mr. Nobody (2009) reads as Neutral, measured, measured drama / sci-fi, surreal 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.

Tokyo! (2008) poster
1. Tokyo!2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Her (Spike Jonze) — re-pass (2013) poster
2. Her (Spike Jonze) — re-pass2013

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

Endless Poetry (2016) poster
3. Endless Poetry2016

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One (2015) poster
4. Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

I Lost My Body (2019) poster
5. I Lost My Body2019

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012) poster
6. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Where the WildThings Are 2(placeholder)2009
7. Where the Wild Things Are 2 (placeholder)2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a airy, open telling.

To Each His Own Cinema (2007) poster
8. To Each His Own Cinema2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lazzaro Felice (Re-pass) (2018) poster
9. Lazzaro Felice (Re-pass)2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Earth (1996) poster
10. Earth1996

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

Upstream Color (2013) poster
11. Upstream Color2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Night Across the Street (2012) poster
12. Night Across the Street2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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