Films like The Science of Sleep.

The Science of Sleep (2006) reads as Neutral, steady, measured romance / comedy, surreal 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 Face You Deserve (2004) poster
1. The Face You Deserve2004

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wild Grass (2009) poster
2. Wild Grass2009

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tokyo! (2008) poster
3. Tokyo!2008

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Kaboom (2010) poster
4. Kaboom2010

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Arizona Dream (1993) poster
5. Arizona Dream1993

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Life of Riley (2014) poster
6. Life of Riley2014

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Saddest Music in the World (2003) poster
7. The Saddest Music in the World2003

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Swiss Army Man (2016) poster
8. Swiss Army Man2016

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mister Lonely (2008) poster
9. Mister Lonely2008

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Rabbi's Cat (2011) (2011) poster
10. The Rabbi's Cat2011

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Voice of the Moon (1990) poster
11. The Voice of the Moon1990

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Endless Poetry (2016) poster
12. Endless Poetry2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Science of Sleep’s neighbours — where are yours?

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