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Films like Close.

Close (2019) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme action / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Mea Culpa (2014) poster
1. Mea Culpa2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sleepless (2017) poster
2. Sleepless2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Target (2014) poster
3. The Target2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

6 Days (2017) poster
4. 6 Days2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hell Hath No Fury (2021) poster
5. Hell Hath No Fury2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Black and Blue (2019) poster
6. Black and Blue2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ida Red (2021) poster
7. Ida Red2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Informer (2019) poster
8. The Informer2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Operações Especiais (2015) poster
9. Operações Especiais2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Police Story: Lockdown (2013) poster
10. Police Story: Lockdown2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

We Die Young (2019) poster
11. We Die Young2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Beckett (2021) poster
12. Beckett2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Close’s neighbours — where are yours?

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