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Movies like I Am Sam 2001
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About I Am Sam
Movies closest to I Am Sam
Innocent Witness 2019Also earnest, contemporary and classical in form
A Late Quartet 2012Also classical in form, earnest and grave
The Other Woman 2010Also contemporary, earnest and classical in form
When Night Is Falling 1995Also contemporary, classical in form and earnest
Cherry Blossoms 2008Also contemporary, earnest and classical in form
Black 2005Also earnest, contemporary and classical in form
Parachute 2024Also earnest, contemporary and spare
Goodbye June 2025Also contemporary, classical in form and earnest
My Flesh and Blood 2003Also contemporary, earnest and classical in form
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster 2004Also classical in form, earnest and contemporary
He Got Game 1998Also contemporary, classical in form and earnest
Christmas in August 1998Also earnest, contemporary and classical in form
The same feel, in other forms
Books
Girl in translation 2010Also earnest, contemporary and classical in form
Mockingbird 2010Also earnest, contemporary and classical in form
Spinning 2017Also earnest, classical in form and contemporary
Series
My Mister 2018Also contemporary, earnest and classical in form
Normal People 2020Also contemporary, earnest and classical in form
Another Self 2022Also earnest, contemporary and grave
Albums
- The Open Door EP 2009Also classical in form, earnest and contemporary
- Le cose della vita 1973Also earnest, classical in form and contemporary
- Between the Lines 1975Also earnest, classical in form and grave
Games
Lucy: The Eternity She Wished For 2016Also earnest, contemporary and classical in form
Deer & Boy 2026Also earnest, contemporary and grave
Lie In My Heart 2019Also earnest, contemporary and classical in form
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