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Films like Outlander.

Outlander (2008) reads as Neutral, breathless, extreme sci-fi / action, surreal 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.

Fantastic Four (2005) poster
1. Fantastic Four2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Daybreakers (2010) poster
2. Daybreakers2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Green Lantern (2011) poster
3. Green Lantern2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Jupiter Ascending (2015) poster
4. Jupiter Ascending2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Dark Tower (2017) poster
5. The Dark Tower2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) poster
6. X-Men: Apocalypse2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Battle: Los Angeles (2011) poster
7. Battle: Los Angeles2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) poster
8. The Chronicles of Riddick2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sucker Punch (2011) poster
9. Sucker Punch2011

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Morbius (2022) poster
10. Morbius2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Incredible Hulk (2008) poster
11. The Incredible Hulk2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) poster
12. Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Outlander’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.

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