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Films like The Last Days.

The Last Days (2013) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured sci-fi / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, 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.

The Empire of Corpses (2015) poster
1. The Empire of Corpses2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009) poster
2. First Squad: The Moment of Truth2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars (2009) poster
3. Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Automata (2014) poster
4. Automata2014

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Harmony (2015) poster
5. Harmony2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Perfect Creature (2007) poster
6. Perfect Creature2007

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007) poster
7. Battlestar Galactica: Razor2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

009 Re:Cyborg (2012) poster
8. 009 Re:Cyborg2012

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Appleseed Alpha (2014) poster
9. Appleseed Alpha2014

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Watchmen (2009) poster
10. Watchmen2009

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

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly (2019) poster
11. Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Planet B (2024) poster
12. Planet B2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

These are The Last Days’s neighbours — where are yours?

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