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Films like Inception.

Inception (2010) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured sci-fi / thriller, 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.

Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost (2010) poster
1. Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009) poster
2. 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009) poster
3. 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Limitless (2011) poster
4. Limitless2011

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Forgotten (2004) poster
5. The Forgotten2004

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

009 Re:Cyborg (2012) poster
6. 009 Re:Cyborg2012

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

Cube 2: Hypercube (2002) poster
7. Cube 2: Hypercube2002

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Ghost in the Shell (2017) poster
8. Ghost in the Shell2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

24 (2016) poster
9. 242016

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

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End (2008) poster
10. 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End2008

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) poster
11. The X-Files: I Want to Believe2008

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Tenet (2020) poster
12. Tenet2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Inception’s neighbours — where are yours?

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