Films like The Man Who Copied.

The Man Who Copied (2003) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / crime, 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.

Man on the Moon (1999) poster
1. Man on the Moon1999

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

TGV (1998) poster
2. TGV1998

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

Reverse (2009) poster
3. Reverse2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Dr. T & the Women (2000) poster
4. Dr. T & the Women2000

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

Citizen, Detective and Thief (2001) poster
5. Citizen, Detective and Thief2001

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

Ocean's Twelve (2004) poster
6. Ocean's Twelve2004

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

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) poster
7. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010

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

Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) poster
8. Grosse Pointe Blank1997

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

Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008) poster
9. Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!2008

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

Reclaim Your Brain (2007) poster
10. Reclaim Your Brain2007

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

Loose Cannons (2010) poster
11. Loose Cannons2010

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

The Foul King (2000) poster
12. The Foul King2000

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

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