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Films like Death Wish.

Death Wish (1974) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme crime / thriller, 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.

Go Tell the Spartans (1978) poster
1. Go Tell the Spartans1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Across 110th Street (1972) poster
2. Across 110th Street1972

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rolling Thunder (1977) poster
3. Rolling Thunder1977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Black Caesar (1973) poster
4. Black Caesar1973

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) poster
5. Who'll Stop the Rain1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Long Arm of the Law (1984) poster
6. Long Arm of the Law1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Outfit (1973) poster
7. The Outfit1973

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) poster
8. The Town That Dreaded Sundown1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Vengeance (1968) poster
9. Vengeance1968

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Young Avenger (1972) poster
10. The Young Avenger1972

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Straight Time (1978) poster
11. Straight Time1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Duel of the Iron Fist (1971) poster
12. Duel of the Iron Fist1971

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Death Wish’s neighbours — where are yours?

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