Films like The Old Man & the Gun.

The Old Man & the Gun (2018) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender. 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.

Miss Stevens (2016) poster
1. Miss Stevens2016

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

Ricki and the Flash (2015) poster
2. Ricki and the Flash2015

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

Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2012) poster
3. Jeff, Who Lives at Home2012

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

Skate Kitchen (2018) poster
4. Skate Kitchen2018

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

Un + une (2015) poster
5. Un + une2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Morris from America (2016) poster
6. Morris from America2016

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

The Country Doctor (2016) poster
7. The Country Doctor2016

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

Elizabeth Ekadashi (2014) poster
8. Elizabeth Ekadashi2014

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

Goodbye Berlin (2016) poster
9. Goodbye Berlin2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Every Blessed Day (2012) poster
10. Every Blessed Day2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Citizens Of The World (2020) poster
11. Citizens Of The World2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Turn Me On, Dammit! (2011) poster
12. Turn Me On, Dammit!2011

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

These are The Old Man & the Gun’s neighbours — where are yours?

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