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Films like Self/less.

Self/less (2015) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme sci-fi / action, inventive 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.

What Happened to Monday (2017) poster
1. What Happened to Monday2017

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) poster
2. G.I. Joe: Retaliation2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

District B13 (2004) poster
3. District B132004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Spectral (2016) poster
4. Spectral2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) poster
5. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Left Behind (2014) poster
6. Left Behind2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Gamer (2009) poster
7. Gamer2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Doomsday (2008) poster
8. Doomsday2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Death Race (2008) poster
9. Death Race2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Project Power (2020) poster
10. Project Power2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Assassin's Creed (2016) poster
11. Assassin's Creed2016

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Catwoman (2004) poster
12. Catwoman2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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