What the corpus says about Arrested Development (2003)

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Arrested Development (2003) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about Arrested Development (2003) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:37:53 · unknown (0.40)] The Royal Tenenbaums ↔ Arrested Development · lineage · Recommended for those who liked the sitcom about a crazy, wealthy family. · "If you liked that sitcom about a crazy, wealthy family, then there's definitely a lot to match this up with."
[Blank Check · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:30:08 · unknown (0.30)] Arrested Development ↔ Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) · contrast · Some pilots only introduce a format and the show is not good until episode three. · "Good pilot, good pilot, and then it's introducing you to the format of that show."
[Blank Check · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) · 2:13:39 · Connor Ratliff (0.70)] Twin Peaks ↔ Arrested Development · revival logic · A revival can be worth it for one great piece, as Wally Brando justifies the Return the way a few moments justify the Netflix Arrested Development. · "It's a little bit how I feel about some of the, um, Netflix arrested development era"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:28:01 · unknown (0.40)] Anthony and Joe Russo ↔ Arrested Development · career · The Russos directed the Arrested Development pilot, which invented a kind of comedy. · "They directed the Arrested Development Pilot, which basically is like inventing a kind of comedy."
[The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' · 1:28:24 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50)] Ian Roberts ↔ Arrested Development · people · The get-her-a-coffin guy is the doctor from Arrested Development. · "He is, by the way, the literal doctor from Arrested Development."
[Blank Check · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:16:10 · Ben Hosley (0.30)] E/R ↔ Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) · programming · The E/R sitcom pilot aired the same night as Miami Vice with a rating of 23 versus 22.8. · "Airing the same night as Miami Vice, which is number two, with 22.8 million."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky · 1:45:35 · unknown (0.40)] The Royal Tenenbaums ↔ Vanilla Sky · programming · Tenenbaums opened the same week as Vanilla Sky in 5 theaters and averaged $55,000. · "Tenenbaums comes out that very week on 5 theaters and it grosses $276,000"
[Blank Check · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) · 1:34:19 · unknown (0.30)] Twin Peaks ⇒ Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (the host's read) · theme · Part 8 finally ties up Jean Renault's season 2 claim that Cooper's arrival ruined Twin Peaks by showing the evil predates him. · "So like episode eight, finally, it's like we've tied up the genre now plotline from season two."
[Blank Check · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:16:48 · unknown (0.30)] Some Kind of Hero ↔ Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) · programming · Some Kind of Hero was a movie on a rival network in Miami Vice's slot. · "The movie Some Kind of Hero."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:07:20 · Andy Greenwald (0.60)] The Royal Tenenbaums ↔ Pulp Fiction · lineage · Both are 'emptying the cupboard' of their makers' influences and obsessions, introducing a whole cinematic world through soundtrack, look and talk. · "it's like pulp fiction or Grand Royal magazine, where it's just like the emptying of the cupboard of influences and obsessions."
[The Big Picture · Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture · 0:38:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Lemon ↔ Twin Peaks · theme · Sean sees a commonality of tone between Lemon and Twin Peaks; the guests take it as a compliment. · "There is a little bit of a commonality between Lemon and Twin Peaks."
[Blank Check · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:16:28 · David Sims (0.40)] Hill Street Blues ⇒ Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) (the host's read) · lineage · Hill Street Blues raised TV through writing and performance; Miami Vice added the cinematic look on top of that standard. · "try to write, like, Hill Street blues level scripts and have real grounded performances and make it all look fucking awesome."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:31:25 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] The Royal Tenenbaums ↔ Franny and Zooey · lineage · The movie is a Salinger pastiche; Anderson would need a Salinger adaptation as IP cover today. · "he would have to make Franny and Zooey. Like he would have to make an adaptation of a Salinger novel"
[Blank Check · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) · 2:15:39 · Connor Ratliff (0.80)] Angelo Badalamenti ↔ Twin Peaks · craft · Connor says Badalamenti's jazzy music made even the weakest season 2 scenes feel like Twin Peaks and watchable. · "he made even the lowest points of season 2 feel like Twin Peaks and feel watchable because his music was always there"
[Blank Check · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:06:48 · unknown (0.40)] Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) ↔ L.A. Takedown · lineage · Watching the pilot feels like a Mann bonus, like The Jericho Mile or L.A. Takedown. · "It feels like watching Jericho Mile or watching LA Town."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:53:10 · Andy Greenwald (0.50)] Jean-Luc Godard ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the maker said so: Matt Zoller Seitz's book on the movie) · lineage · The mosaic of book covers was inspired by a Godard movie doing something similar. · "he was inspired by, I think it was a Godard movie that did something similar, of course."
[Blank Check · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) · 2:17:13 · Connor Ratliff (0.70)] On the Air ↔ Twin Peaks · craft · The Twin Peaks Archive of Badalamenti cues even includes music written for On the Air, tying Lynch and Frost's sitcom to the Twin Peaks score material. · "it's the Twinby's archive is so full that it even includes music that was written for on the air."
[Blank Check · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:15:37 · David Sims (0.50)] Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) ↔ I Am Love · theme · Defending visual beauty against the 'style over substance' charge, using I Am Love's perfume-commercial dismissal. · "I remember when that came out, people were like, it's just like a two-hour perfume commercial."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 1:15:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Louis Malle ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read) · lineage · French New Wave directors listed among its influences. · "some of the influences on this movie include films by Louis Maule. Um, uh, Francois Truffaux, Sholu Qadar, the French New Wave."
[Blank Check · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) · 2:19:19 · Connor Ratliff (0.70)] Twin Peaks: The Return (season 3, parts 1-7 and beyond) ↔ Twin Peaks · craft · Laura's theme returning in the Return after being held back lands as a hammer blow, tying it to the original series' music. · "Laura's theme hits for the 1st time is such a kind of hammer blow because they've been holding that music back for most of the series."
[Blank Check · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:06:37 · unknown (0.30)] Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) ↔ The Incredibles · theme · The cynical ending, where the big guy gets away, echoes The Incredibles on systemic issues. · "Right, it's like the Incredibles too."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 1:15:59 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Francois Truffaut ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read) · lineage · French New Wave influence. · "Francois Truffaux, Sholu Qadar, the French New Wave."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead · 1:15:16 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Eraserhead ↔ Twin Peaks · craft · Lynch still relates emotions through images the way Eraserhead does, which the speaker saw again in Twin Peaks: The Return. · "He's still doing this stuff."
[Blank Check · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:18:56 · unknown (0.30)] Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) ↔ Michael Mann · craft · Mann brought his neon sensibility to TV; the no-earth-tones rule. · "And he's bringing those kind of neon sensibilities."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 1:16:15 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] The Magnificent Ambersons ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read) · lineage · Named as a huge influence; rewatching Ambersons shows how much of it is in Tenenbaums. · "it's wild how much, uh, ten bombs or how much Amberson's is in ten bombs."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead · 1:23:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Eraserhead ↔ Twin Peaks · craft · The apartment's repeated floor patterns and curtain staging resemble the red room in Twin Peaks. · "the styling of this building is very similar to a lot of the red room stuff in Twin Peaks"
[Blank Check · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:21:32 · David Sims (0.40)] Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) ↔ The X-Files (pilot) · craft · Classic pilots feel like a little complete movie, as with the X-Files pilot. · "it's gonna feel like a little movie about these 2 people meeting and having an adventure"
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:05:35 · unknown (0.40)] The Catcher in the Rye / Franny and Zooey ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read) · lineage · Salinger's Glass-family stories are the key literary influence. · "Zoe is like the key influence on this film"
[speaker] Connor Ratliff · latest sketch, Blank Check · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) · A devoted Twin Peaks fan with trading cards, a signed Bobby Briggs rookie card and a season-2 episode already behind the Patreon paywall. He loves Lynch's plainness, Badalamenti's jazz, the Return overall, and tinkering with fan re-cuts. He cannot stand a long commute and is a sucker for a gimmick edit. · stances: Part 8 is the high point of the Return: if it ended there, still glad they came back; Lynch's silences and Badalamenti's absence make the Return different from Twin Peaks; adding the music feels more like Twin Peaks; Part 8 needed the least score of any episode; Fan re-cuts are a perversity but still interesting
[speaker] Craig Horlbeck · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · First-time viewer of the series; expected Jason and was thrown by Mrs. Voorhees. Rates the film a 4 or 5 and singled out the canoe ending as the best scene. Prefers the Chain Saw's intensity. · stances: Rug-pulled by the killer-mom reveal; The ending saves the movie
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with Arrested Development (2003); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Arrested Development (2003) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

Talk the way a clerk talks to a customer at the counter: plain text, titles written plainly with no asterisks or other markup, no headings, no lists of more than six, no JSON.