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Films like Roxanne.

Roxanne (1987) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle steve-martin / romantic-comedy, 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.

Three Men and a Baby (1987) poster
1. Three Men and a Baby1987

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

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) poster
2. Sumo Do, Sumo Don't1992

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

He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994) poster
3. He's a Woman, She's a Man1994

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

Moonstruck (1987) poster
4. Moonstruck1987

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

Love and Doves (1985) poster
5. Love and Doves1985

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

Mama, Don't Cry (1981) poster
6. Mama, Don't Cry1981

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Jit (1990) poster
7. Jit1990

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

In & Out (1997) poster
8. In & Out1997

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

Arthur (1981) poster
9. Arthur1981

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

Aha Naa Pellanta (1987) poster
10. Aha Naa Pellanta1987

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

City Slickers (1991) poster
11. City Slickers1991

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

Crocodile Dundee (1986) poster
12. Crocodile Dundee1986

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

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