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Films like Hackers.

Hackers (1995) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme action / crime, inventive 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.

Conspiracy Theory (1997) poster
1. Conspiracy Theory1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Breakdown (1997) poster
2. Breakdown1997

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Score (2001) poster
3. The Score2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Net (1995) poster
4. The Net1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Along Came a Spider (2001) poster
5. Along Came a Spider2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Takers (2010) poster
6. Takers2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Last Boy Scout (1991) poster
7. The Last Boy Scout1991

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Siege (1998) poster
8. The Siege1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Dog Soldiers (2002) poster
9. Dog Soldiers2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Double Impact (1991) poster
10. Double Impact1991

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Street Kings (2008) poster
11. Street Kings2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Crazies (2010) poster
12. The Crazies2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Hackers’s neighbours — where are yours?

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