MovieAxes

Six sliders. No stars.

No film here is good or bad. It is only like something.

Nothing on this site is recommended because people liked it. Films are described by what they are (how heavy, how fast, how far from the real world), and you get the ones closest to what you asked for.

Brokeback MountainAvengers: Infinity War
  • LightHeavy
    Brokeback Mountain is Clearly heavy; Avengers: Infinity War is Slightly heavy.
  • SimpleComplicated
    Brokeback Mountain is Slightly simple; Avengers: Infinity War is Clearly complicated.
  • SlowFast
    Brokeback Mountain is Clearly slow; Avengers: Infinity War is Clearly fast.
  • RealisticFantastic
    Brokeback Mountain is Strongly realistic; Avengers: Infinity War is Strongly fantastic.
  • IntimateEpic
    Brokeback Mountain is Slightly intimate; Avengers: Infinity War is Strongly epic.
  • PlotCharacter
    Brokeback Mountain is Strongly character-driven; Avengers: Infinity War is Strongly plot-driven.

Neither of these is the better film. They are just at opposite ends.

12 films tagged dating

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  • 2009 · Comedy

    A man who writes greeting cards for a living falls hard for the new girl at the office, and the film jumps around their year and a half out of order. Chatty, quick, and told from his side.

    • Clearly intimate

    AI estimate, not yet described

    Describe: (500) Days of Summer

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

    LightHeavy
    SimpleComplicated
    SlowFast
    RealisticFantastic
    IntimateEpic
    PlotCharacter

    Blends anonymously into the average.

  • 2013 · Romance

    A young man learns from his father that the men in the family can travel back to moments in their own lives, and starts by using it to get a girlfriend. Gentle and mostly about family, with the time travel kept small.

    • Clearly intimate

    AI estimate, not yet described

    Describe: About Time

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

    LightHeavy
    SimpleComplicated
    SlowFast
    RealisticFantastic
    IntimateEpic
    PlotCharacter

    Blends anonymously into the average.

  • 2023 · Comedy

    Two people whose first date ended badly turn up at the same wedding in Sydney and agree to fake being a couple to get everyone off their backs. Sunny, loud, and light all the way through.

    • Strongly light
    • Clearly simple

    AI estimate, not yet described

    Describe: Anyone but You

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

    LightHeavy
    SimpleComplicated
    SlowFast
    RealisticFantastic
    IntimateEpic
    PlotCharacter

    Blends anonymously into the average.

  • 2011 · Comedy

    A woman whose bakery and love life have both fallen apart is made maid of honour, and ends up competing with a richer, smoother bridesmaid. Broad jokes and long scenes that look improvised.

    • Clearly simple
    • Clearly realistic
    • Clearly intimate

    AI estimate, not yet described

    Describe: Bridesmaids

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

    LightHeavy
    SimpleComplicated
    SlowFast
    RealisticFantastic
    IntimateEpic
    PlotCharacter

    Blends anonymously into the average.

  • 2020 · Comedy

    A rich young woman in a Regency village amuses herself arranging matches for everyone around her, whether or not they want the help. Bright and mannered, and mostly about who is talking to whom.

    • Clearly light
    • Clearly intimate

    AI estimate, not yet described

    Describe: Emma

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

    LightHeavy
    SimpleComplicated
    SlowFast
    RealisticFantastic
    IntimateEpic
    PlotCharacter

    Blends anonymously into the average.

  • 2025 · Romance

    A New York matchmaker who treats dating as a numbers game ends up choosing between a rich client and the broke ex she never got over. Mostly conversation, about money as much as love.

    • Strongly realistic
    • Clearly character-driven

    AI estimate, not yet described

    Describe: Materialists

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

    LightHeavy
    SimpleComplicated
    SlowFast
    RealisticFantastic
    IntimateEpic
    PlotCharacter

    Blends anonymously into the average.

  • 2010 · Comedy

    A slacker bass player in Toronto falls for a girl on rollerblades and learns he has to fight her seven evil exes to date her. Video game rules, comic book panels, and it never slows down.

    • Strongly fast
    • Strongly fantastic

    AI estimate, not yet described

    Describe: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

    LightHeavy
    SimpleComplicated
    SlowFast
    RealisticFantastic
    IntimateEpic
    PlotCharacter

    Blends anonymously into the average.

  • 2004 · Comedy

    Two old friends spend a week driving round California wine country before one of them gets married, one talking about wine and the other chasing women. Mostly conversation, and it wanders.

    • Strongly realistic
    • Strongly character-driven
    • Strongly intimate

    AI estimate, not yet described

    Describe: Sideways

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

    LightHeavy
    SimpleComplicated
    SlowFast
    RealisticFantastic
    IntimateEpic
    PlotCharacter

    Blends anonymously into the average.

  • 2005 · Comedy

    A shy man who works in an electronics shop lets slip to his workmates that he has never slept with anyone, and they take it on as a project. Long, loose, and a lot of men talking rubbish.

    • Strongly simple
    • Clearly light
    • Clearly intimate

    AI estimate, not yet described

    Describe: The 40-Year-Old Virgin

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

    LightHeavy
    SimpleComplicated
    SlowFast
    RealisticFantastic
    IntimateEpic
    PlotCharacter

    Blends anonymously into the average.

  • 2017 · Comedy

    A Pakistani-American stand-up comic is seeing a white grad student while his parents line up matches for him, and then she falls seriously ill. A lot of it is him in a hospital waiting room with her parents, who have only just met him.

    • Strongly realistic
    • Strongly character-driven
    • Clearly intimate

    AI estimate, not yet described

    Describe: The Big Sick

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

    LightHeavy
    SimpleComplicated
    SlowFast
    RealisticFantastic
    IntimateEpic
    PlotCharacter

    Blends anonymously into the average.

  • 2015 · Science fiction

    In a world where single people are sent to a hotel and given forty-five days to pair off or be turned into an animal of their choosing, a newly dumped man checks in. Everybody speaks flatly, on purpose, and the rules are followed to the letter.

    • Clearly fantastic

    AI estimate, not yet described

    Describe: The Lobster

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

    LightHeavy
    SimpleComplicated
    SlowFast
    RealisticFantastic
    IntimateEpic
    PlotCharacter

    Blends anonymously into the average.

  • 2021 · Comedy

    A woman in Oslo coming up on thirty keeps changing what she wants to be and who she wants to be with, told in twelve chapters. Funny and sad in the same scene, moving at the speed of a conversation.

    • Strongly character-driven
    • Strongly intimate
    • Clearly realistic

    AI estimate, not yet described

    Describe: The Worst Person in the World

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

    LightHeavy
    SimpleComplicated
    SlowFast
    RealisticFantastic
    IntimateEpic
    PlotCharacter

    Blends anonymously into the average.