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Films like Swimming Pool.

Swimming Pool (2003) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. 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.

Phone Booth (2003) poster
1. Phone Booth2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Taking Lives (2004) poster
2. Taking Lives2004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Thirteen Days (2000) poster
3. Thirteen Days2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

13 (2010) poster
4. 132010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Changing Lanes (2002) poster
5. Changing Lanes2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Crimson Rivers (2000) poster
6. The Crimson Rivers2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Savages (2012) poster
7. Savages2012

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Identity (2003) poster
8. Identity2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Da Vinci Code (2006) poster
9. The Da Vinci Code2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Interpreter (2005) poster
10. The Interpreter2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ocean's Thirteen (2007) poster
11. Ocean's Thirteen2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

06/05 (2004) poster
12. 06/052004

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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