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Films like Vengeance.

Vengeance (2009) reads as Sombre, steady, extreme crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, 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.

Joe (2013) (2013) poster
1. Joe2013

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017) poster
2. Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

This Is England (2006) poster
3. This Is England2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Low Life (2004) poster
4. Low Life2004

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Little Children (2006) poster
5. Little Children2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mommy (2014) (2014) poster
6. Mommy2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mommy (Dolan) — re-pass (2014) poster
7. Mommy (Dolan) — re-pass2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Oasis (2002) (2002) poster
8. Oasis2002

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

25th Hour (2002) poster
9. 25th Hour2002

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

25th Hour (Lee) — re-pass (2002) poster
10. 25th Hour (Lee) — re-pass2002

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Blood of My Blood (2011) poster
11. Blood of My Blood2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Silence of Lorna (2008) poster
12. The Silence of Lorna2008

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

These are Vengeance’s neighbours — where are yours?

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