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Films like Law of Tehran.

Law of Tehran (2019) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Cut Throat City (2020) poster
1. Cut Throat City2020

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

Sky High (2020) poster
2. Sky High2020

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

Asphalt City (2023) poster
3. Asphalt City2023

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

Acrimony (2018) poster
4. Acrimony2018

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

The Squad: Home Run (2023) poster
5. The Squad: Home Run2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a clean studio craft.

Road to Paloma (2014) poster
6. Road to Paloma2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Target Number One (2020) poster
7. Target Number One2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Invisible Target (2007) poster
8. Invisible Target2007

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

The System (2022) poster
9. The System2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a clean studio craft.

The Baker (2023) poster
10. The Baker2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a clean studio craft.

The East (2013) poster
11. The East2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Outlaw (2007) poster
12. Outlaw2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a clean studio craft.

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