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Films like The Overnight.

The Overnight (2015) 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.

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017) poster
1. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)2017

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

American Fiction (2023) poster
2. American Fiction2023

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

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

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

The Weasels' Tale (2019) poster
4. The Weasels' Tale2019

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

The Father (2019) poster
5. The Father2019

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

Humpday (2009) (2009) poster
6. Humpday2009

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

Striding into the Wind (2020) poster
7. Striding into the Wind2020

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

The Climb (2020) poster
8. The Climb2020

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

Cyrus (2010) (2010) poster
9. Cyrus2010

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

The Misfortunates (2009) poster
10. The Misfortunates2009

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

The Good Boss (2021) poster
11. The Good Boss2021

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

Carmina or Blow Up (2012) poster
12. Carmina or Blow Up2012

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

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