Films like Pas sur la bouche.

Pas sur la bouche (2003) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle musical / comedy, inventive 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.

8 Women (2002) poster
1. 8 Women2002

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

One Hundred and One Nights (1995) poster
2. One Hundred and One Nights1995

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Big Lebowski (1998) poster
3. The Big Lebowski1998

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Same Old Song (1997) poster
4. Same Old Song1997

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) poster
5. The Hudsucker Proxy1994

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) poster
6. O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mighty Aphrodite (1995) poster
7. Mighty Aphrodite1995

Keeps the gentle temperature and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Adventure of Iron Pussy (2003) poster
8. The Adventure of Iron Pussy2003

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

I Want to Go Home (1989) poster
9. I Want to Go Home1989

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Kamikaze Girls (2004) poster
10. Kamikaze Girls2004

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature; trades toward a stubborn streak of hope.

But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) poster
11. But I’m a Cheerleader1999

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Submarine (2010) poster
12. Submarine2010

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the gentle temperature; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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