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Films like Rocky III.

Rocky III (1982) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / supernatural, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

The Ideal Landscape (1980) poster
1. The Ideal Landscape1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Newsfront (1978) poster
2. Newsfront1978

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Christiane F. (1981) poster
3. Christiane F.1981

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Moral (1982) poster
4. Moral1982

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Wooden Gun (1979) poster
5. The Wooden Gun1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Last Inspector (1985) poster
6. The Last Inspector1985

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bound for Glory (1976) poster
7. Bound for Glory1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rocky V (1990) poster
8. Rocky V1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Portrait of Teresa (1979) poster
9. Portrait of Teresa1979

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Train (1986) poster
10. The Train1986

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

Iceman (1984) poster
11. Iceman1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Doea Tanda Mata (1985) poster
12. Doea Tanda Mata1985

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Rocky III’s neighbours — where are yours?

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