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Films like Om Shanti Om.

Om Shanti Om (2007) reads as Cosy, breathless, measured comedy / thriller, surreal in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, 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.

The Brand New Testament (2015) poster
1. The Brand New Testament2015

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Love & Peace (2015) poster
2. Love & Peace2015

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015) poster
3. Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song2015

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Happy Feet (2006) (2006) poster
4. Happy Feet2006

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time (1998) poster
5. The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time1998

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Babe: Pig in the City (1998) poster
6. Babe: Pig in the City1998

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Flushed Away (2006) (2006) poster
7. Flushed Away2006

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Turtles Forever (2009) poster
8. Turtles Forever2009

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Doctor Who: The Snowmen (2012) poster
9. Doctor Who: The Snowmen2012

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Babe: Pig in the City (Miller) — re-pass (1998) poster
10. Babe: Pig in the City (Miller) — re-pass1998

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Megamind (2010) (2010) poster
11. Megamind2010

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wreck-It Ralph (2012) poster
12. Wreck-It Ralph2012

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Om Shanti Om’s neighbours — where are yours?

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