Films like The Princess and the Frog.

The Princess and the Frog (2009) reads as Cosy, kinetic, measured animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, 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.

Bolt (2008) (2008) poster
1. Bolt2008

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cars (2006) (2006) poster
2. Cars2006

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Finding Dory (2016) (2016) poster
3. Finding Dory2016

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Aladdin (2019) (2019) poster
4. Aladdin2019

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Golden Horse (2013) poster
5. The Golden Horse2013

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ferdinand (2017) (2017) poster
6. Ferdinand2017

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tangled (2010) poster
7. Tangled2010

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Brave (2012) (2012) poster
8. Brave2012

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Meet the Robinsons (2007) (2007) poster
9. Meet the Robinsons2007

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

A Bug's Life (1998) poster
10. A Bug's Life1998

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Metegol (2013) poster
11. Metegol2013

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Monsters University (2013) (2013) poster
12. Monsters University2013

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Princess and the Frog’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →