Films like Sumo Do, Sumo Don't.

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / sports, grounded in texture. Redemptive, 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.

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

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Roxanne (1987) poster
2. Roxanne1987

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Happy, Texas (1999) poster
3. Happy, Texas1999

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jit (1990) poster
4. Jit1990

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Waterboys (2001) poster
5. Waterboys2001

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Full Monty (1997) poster
7. The Full Monty1997

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

City Slickers (1991) poster
8. City Slickers1991

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003) poster
10. Lisbela and the Prisoner2003

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Analyze This (1999) poster
11. Analyze This1999

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (1987) poster
12. A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines1987

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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