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Films like Working Girl.

Working Girl (1988) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, 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.

Bull Durham (1988) poster
1. Bull Durham1988

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pretty in Pink (1986) poster
2. Pretty in Pink1986

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Parenthood (1989) poster
3. Parenthood1989

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jerry Maguire (1996) poster
4. Jerry Maguire1996

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

10 Things I Hate About You (1999) poster
5. 10 Things I Hate About You1999

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

She's All That (1999) poster
6. She's All That1999

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980) poster
7. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears1980

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mama, Don't Cry (1981) poster
8. Mama, Don't Cry1981

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) poster
9. My Best Friend's Wedding1997

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sixteen Candles (1984) poster
10. Sixteen Candles1984

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Educating Rita (1983) poster
11. Educating Rita1983

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

As Good as It Gets (1997) poster
12. As Good as It Gets1997

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Working Girl’s neighbours — where are yours?

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