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Films like High-Rise.

High-Rise (2015) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme dystopia / satire, surreal 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.

The Last Circus (2010) poster
1. The Last Circus2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Late Night with the Devil (2024) poster
2. Late Night with the Devil2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Save the Green Planet! (2003) poster
3. Save the Green Planet!2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Last Night in Soho (2021) poster
4. Last Night in Soho2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Get Out (2)2017
5. Get Out (2)2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Nightshifter (2019) poster
6. The Nightshifter2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Dead or Alive: Final (2002) poster
7. Dead or Alive: Final2002

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Mortuary Collection (2020) poster
8. The Mortuary Collection2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Helter Skelter (2012) poster
9. Helter Skelter2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Late Night with the Devil (2023) poster
10. Late Night with the Devil2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Trapped Ashes (2006) poster
11. Trapped Ashes2006

Keeps the pitch-dark outlook and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Us (2019) poster
12. Us2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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