FilmsInside JobLike this

Films like Inside Job.

Inside Job (2010) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured business / investigation, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

Rebellion (2011) poster
1. Rebellion2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Secrets of State (2008) poster
2. Secrets of State2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Traitor (2008) poster
3. Traitor2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Madras Cafe (2013) poster
4. Madras Cafe2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Face Reader (2013) poster
5. The Face Reader2013

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

7 Days in Entebbe (2018) poster
6. 7 Days in Entebbe2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The International (2009) poster
7. The International2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Contagion (2011) poster
8. Contagion2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Raajneeti (2010) poster
9. Raajneeti2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Carlos (2010) poster
10. Carlos2010

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Angel of Evil (2010) poster
11. Angel of Evil2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Message (2009) poster
12. The Message2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Inside Job’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →