Films like Urusei Yatsura: Only You.

Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983) reads as Cosy, breathless, measured comedy / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Asterix Versus Caesar (1985) poster
1. Asterix Versus Caesar1985

Keeps the running vein of humour and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Asterix and the Big Fight (1989) poster
2. Asterix and the Big Fight1989

Keeps the running vein of humour and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) poster
3. The Twelve Tasks of Asterix1976

Keeps the running vein of humour and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Innerspace (1987) poster
4. Innerspace1987

Keeps the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Little Shop of Horrors (1986) poster
5. Little Shop of Horrors1986

Keeps the running vein of humour and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Asterix in Britain (1986) poster
6. Asterix in Britain1986

Keeps the running vein of humour and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sleeper (1973) poster
7. Sleeper1973

Keeps the running vein of humour and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) poster
8. Who Framed Roger Rabbit1988

Keeps the running vein of humour and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Vampires in Havana (1985) poster
9. Vampires in Havana1985

Keeps the running vein of humour and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Big Trouble in Little China (1986) poster
10. Big Trouble in Little China1986

Keeps the running vein of humour and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Devil's Bride (1974) poster
11. The Devil's Bride1974

Keeps the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Project A-ko (1986) poster
12. Project A-ko1986

Keeps the running vein of humour and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

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