Films like Women in Trouble.

Women in Trouble (2009) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, inventive 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.

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) poster
1. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Assassination of a High School President (2008) poster
2. Assassination of a High School President2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ellie Parker (2005) poster
3. Ellie Parker2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Love You Phillip Morris (2010) poster
4. I Love You Phillip Morris2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Whole Life Ahead (2008) poster
5. A Whole Life Ahead2008

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

The Darwin Awards (2007) poster
6. The Darwin Awards2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lost in London (2017) poster
7. Lost in London2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Man Who Copied (2003) poster
8. The Man Who Copied2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a gentle temperature.

Winterkartoffelknödel (2014) poster
9. Winterkartoffelknödel2014

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

Melinda and Melinda (2004) poster
10. Melinda and Melinda2004

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

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) poster
11. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014

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

Dr. T & the Women (2000) poster
12. Dr. T & the Women2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Women in Trouble’s neighbours — where are yours?

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