Films like The Only Living Boy in New York.

The Only Living Boy in New York (2017) reads as Neutral, steady, gentle 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.

Those People (2015) poster
1. Those People2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mary Shelley (2017) poster
2. Mary Shelley2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Black or White (2015) poster
3. Black or White2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Kid Like Jake (2018) poster
4. A Kid Like Jake2018

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

City of God: 10 Years Later (2013) poster
5. City of God: 10 Years Later2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dear Evan Hansen (2021) poster
6. Dear Evan Hansen2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mia Martini - I Am Mia (2019) poster
7. Mia Martini - I Am Mia2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rudderless (2014) poster
8. Rudderless2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

After the Wedding (2019) poster
9. After the Wedding2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Barry (2016) poster
10. Barry2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Asphalt Playground (2013) poster
11. Asphalt Playground2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010) poster
12. The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister2010

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

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