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Films like RoboCop.

RoboCop (2014) reads as Neutral, breathless, extreme action / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, tender. 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.

Superman Returns (2006) poster
1. Superman Returns2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) poster
2. Solo: A Star Wars Story2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023) poster
3. Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Push (2009) poster
4. Push2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) poster
5. Star Trek Into Darkness2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) poster
6. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ender's Game (2013) poster
7. Ender's Game2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Power Rangers (2017) poster
8. Power Rangers2017

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

The Tomorrow War (2021) poster
9. The Tomorrow War2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dark Phoenix (2019) poster
10. Dark Phoenix2019

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

Babylon A.D. (2008) poster
11. Babylon A.D.2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024) poster
12. Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are RoboCop’s neighbours — where are yours?

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