Films like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured fantasy / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured. 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.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) poster
1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) poster
2. Atlantis: The Lost Empire2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Enthiran (2010) poster
3. Enthiran2010

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers (2009) poster
4. Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Magadheera (2009) poster
5. Magadheera2009

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa (2005) poster
6. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa2005

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Golden Compass (2007) (2007) poster
7. The Golden Compass2007

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Restless (2006) poster
8. The Restless2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Metropolis (2001) poster
9. Metropolis2001

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Promise (2005) poster
10. The Promise2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) poster
11. Snow White and the Huntsman2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge (2013) poster
12. Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’s neighbours — where are yours?

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