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Films like Casino.

Casino (1995) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. 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.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Fincher 2) (2011) poster
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Fincher 2)2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) poster
2. Glengarry Glen Ross1992

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Death and the Maiden (1994) poster
3. Death and the Maiden1994

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

Omkara (2006) poster
4. Omkara2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Clockers (1995) (1995) poster
5. Clockers1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

21 Grams (2003) poster
6. 21 Grams2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Festen — re-pass (1998) poster
7. Festen — re-pass1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Nixon (1995) (1995) poster
8. Nixon1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

JSA: Joint Security Area (2000) poster
9. JSA: Joint Security Area2000

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

Gangs of New York (2002) (2002) poster
10. Gangs of New York2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) (2009) poster
11. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Incendies (2010) poster
12. Incendies2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Casino’s neighbours — where are yours?

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