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Films like Macbeth.

Macbeth (2015) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme shakespeare / period, inventive 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.

One on One (2014) poster
1. One on One2014

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

Tower (2016) (2016) poster
2. Tower2016

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

True History of the Kelly Gang (2019) poster
3. True History of the Kelly Gang2019

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Captain Volkonogov Escaped (2023) poster
4. Captain Volkonogov Escaped2023

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

Fires on the Plain (2014) poster
5. Fires on the Plain2014

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

Confessions (2010) poster
6. Confessions2010

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

Creepy (2016) poster
7. Creepy2016

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

The Mist (2007) poster
8. The Mist2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) poster
9. Curse of the Golden Flower2006

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

The Northman (re-pass) (2022) poster
10. The Northman (re-pass)2022

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

28 Years Later (2025) poster
11. 28 Years Later2025

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

Monos (2019) poster
12. Monos2019

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are Macbeth’s neighbours — where are yours?

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