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Films like New Year's Eve.

New Year's Eve (2011) reads as Cosy, kinetic, 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.

Sorry if I Want to Marry You (2010) poster
1. Sorry if I Want to Marry You2010

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

Love the Coopers (2015) poster
2. Love the Coopers2015

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

Queen: Days of Our Lives (2011) poster
3. Queen: Days of Our Lives2011

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

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) poster
4. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 22008

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

Is It Just Me? (2010) poster
5. Is It Just Me?2010

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

2 States (2014) poster
6. 2 States2014

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

Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) poster
7. Bachna Ae Haseeno2008

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

From Prada to Nada (2011) poster
8. From Prada to Nada2011

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

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) poster
9. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel2012

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

Mes amis, mes amours (2008) poster
10. Mes amis, mes amours2008

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

Dog Days (2018) poster
11. Dog Days2018

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

I Know That Voice (2014) poster
12. I Know That Voice2014

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

These are New Year's Eve’s neighbours — where are yours?

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