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Films like Harmagedon.

Harmagedon (1983) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / psychic, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, 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 Lord of the Rings (1978) poster
1. The Lord of the Rings1978

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

Toward the Terra (1980) poster
2. Toward the Terra1980

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

Megazone 23 (1985) poster
3. Megazone 231985

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Lifeforce (1985) poster
4. Lifeforce1985

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) poster
5. Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack1988

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

Arion (1986) poster
6. Arion1986

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

X (1996) poster
7. X1996

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

The Terminator (1984) poster
8. The Terminator1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Demon City Shinjuku (1988) poster
9. Demon City Shinjuku1988

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) poster
10. Battle for the Planet of the Apes1973

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Phoenix 2772 (1980) poster
11. Phoenix 27721980

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) poster
12. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes1972

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Harmagedon’s neighbours — where are yours?

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