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Films like Anesthesia.

Anesthesia (2016) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / thriller, grounded 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.

Citation (2020) poster
1. Citation2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Lovelace (2013) poster
2. Lovelace2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

On the Fringe (2022) poster
3. On the Fringe2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dead Man Down (2013) poster
4. Dead Man Down2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

In Her Name (2016) poster
5. In Her Name2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Disconnect (2013) poster
6. Disconnect2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Magallanes (2015) poster
7. Magallanes2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

In the Name of My Daughter (2014) poster
8. In the Name of My Daughter2014

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

Hellion (2014) poster
9. Hellion2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Metro Manila (2013) poster
10. Metro Manila2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Vysotsky: Thank You For Being Alive (2011) poster
11. Vysotsky: Thank You For Being Alive2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Rise (2012) poster
12. The Rise2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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