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Films like The Good Boss.

The Good Boss (2021) reads as Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, 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.

God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya (2019) poster
1. God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya2019

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

Damsel (2018) poster
2. Damsel2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

American Fiction (2023) poster
3. American Fiction2023

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Another Round (2020) poster
4. Another Round2020

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

The Father (2019) poster
5. The Father2019

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

Shortcomings (2023) (2023) poster
6. Shortcomings2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) poster
7. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Zinda Bhaag (2013) poster
8. Zinda Bhaag2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Don Verdean (2015) (2015) poster
9. Don Verdean2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Between the Temples (2024) poster
10. Between the Temples2024

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

This Is Where I Leave You (2014) (2014) poster
11. This Is Where I Leave You2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Overnight (2015) poster
12. The Overnight2015

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

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