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Films like Tricks.

Tricks (2007) reads as Warm, steady, gentle drama / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, 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.

Beginners (2010) poster
1. Beginners2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Owl and the Sparrow (2007) poster
2. Owl and the Sparrow2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016) poster
3. The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki2016

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Blue Umbrella (2005) poster
4. The Blue Umbrella2005

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Getting Home (2007) poster
5. Getting Home2007

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Man on Wire (2008) poster
6. Man on Wire2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dean Spanley (2002) poster
7. Dean Spanley2002

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

My Own Love Song (2010) poster
8. My Own Love Song2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Fish Fall in Love (2005) poster
9. The Fish Fall in Love2005

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003) poster
10. Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi2003

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Dreamer (2009) poster
11. The Dreamer2009

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Clown (2011) poster
12. The Clown2011

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Tricks’s neighbours — where are yours?

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