FilmsStealthLike this

Films like Stealth.

Stealth (2005) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured sci-fi / robot, 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.

The Butterfly Effect (2004) poster
1. The Butterfly Effect2004

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Automata (2014) poster
2. Automata2014

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Promise (2005) poster
3. The Promise2005

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

The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion (2009) poster
4. The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion2009

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

The Stormriders (1998) poster
5. The Stormriders1998

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

Perfect Creature (2007) poster
6. Perfect Creature2007

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) poster
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Restless (2006) poster
8. The Restless2006

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

The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (2014) poster
9. The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom2014

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

The Golden Compass (2007) (2007) poster
10. The Golden Compass2007

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Inhabited Island (2009) poster
11. The Inhabited Island2009

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

Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury (2013) poster
12. Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury2013

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

These are Stealth’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.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →