Films like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme fantasy / 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.

Red Planet (2000) poster
1. Red Planet2000

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

The One (2001) poster
2. The One2001

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

Déjà Vu (2006) poster
3. Déjà Vu2006

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

Pitch Black (2000) poster
4. Pitch Black2000

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

Next (2007) poster
5. Next2007

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

Godzilla (1998) poster
6. Godzilla1998

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

Skyline (2010) poster
7. Skyline2010

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

I, Robot (2004) poster
8. I, Robot2004

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

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) poster
9. Star Trek: Insurrection1998

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

Lockout (2012) poster
10. Lockout2012

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

Dragonball Evolution (2009) poster
11. Dragonball Evolution2009

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

Star Trek: First Contact (1996) poster
12. Star Trek: First Contact1996

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

These are The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’s neighbours — where are yours?

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