Films like Ninja Cheerleaders.

Ninja Cheerleaders (2008) reads as Warm, breathless, gentle action / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold. 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.

Hole in One (2009) poster
1. Hole in One2009

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the clean studio craft; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

See Me After Class (2012) poster
2. See Me After Class2012

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the clean studio craft; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Jexi (2019) poster
3. Jexi2019

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the clean studio craft — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Deep in the Valley (2009) poster
4. Deep in the Valley2009

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the clean studio craft — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Farce of the Penguins (2006) poster
5. Farce of the Penguins2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the clean studio craft — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! (2008) poster
6. Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!2008

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the airy, open telling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

FRED: The Movie (2010) poster
7. FRED: The Movie2010

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the clean studio craft; trades toward a gentle temperature.

The Starving Games (2013) poster
8. The Starving Games2013

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the clean studio craft — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010) poster
9. The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It2010

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the clean studio craft — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Best Night Ever (2013) poster
10. Best Night Ever2013

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the clean studio craft; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) poster
11. Lesbian Vampire Killers2009

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the airy, open telling; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Date Movie (2006) poster
12. Date Movie2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the clean studio craft; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Ninja Cheerleaders’s neighbours — where are yours?

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