Films like The Angriest Man in Brooklyn.

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014) reads as Neutral, kinetic, gentle drama / comedy, grounded 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.

The Comedian (2016) poster
1. The Comedian2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018) poster
2. Sierra Burgess Is a Loser2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012) poster
3. Celeste & Jesse Forever2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

LOL (2012) poster
4. LOL2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Soul Men (2008) poster
5. Soul Men2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Depression and Friends (2012) poster
6. Depression and Friends2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Friends with Kids (2012) poster
7. Friends with Kids2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Hooking Up (2020) poster
8. Hooking Up2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Nobody's Fool (2018) poster
9. Nobody's Fool2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List (2015) poster
10. Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

If You Love Me (2019) poster
11. If You Love Me2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

About Last Night (2014) poster
12. About Last Night2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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