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Films like Rushmore.

Rushmore (1998) reads as Neutral, steady, gentle comedy / drama, 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.

Dear Diary (1993) poster
1. Dear Diary1993

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Aprile (1998) poster
2. Aprile1998

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bottle Rocket (1996) poster
3. Bottle Rocket1996

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) poster
4. The Royal Tenenbaums2001

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Chungking Express (1994) poster
5. Chungking Express1994

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

The Watermelon Woman (1996) poster
6. The Watermelon Woman1996

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Eagle vs Shark (2007) (2007) poster
7. Eagle vs Shark2007

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (1993) poster
8. The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque1993

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) poster
9. Me and You and Everyone We Know2005

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Darjeeling Limited (2007) poster
10. The Darjeeling Limited2007

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

Trust (1990) poster
11. Trust1990

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Irma Vep (1996) (1996) poster
12. Irma Vep1996

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Rushmore’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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