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Films like Young Guns.

Young Guns (1988) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme western / action, grounded 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.

Passenger 57 (1992) poster
1. Passenger 571992

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Days of Thunder (1990) poster
2. Days of Thunder1990

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A View to a Kill (1985) poster
3. A View to a Kill1985

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cliffhanger (1993) poster
4. Cliffhanger1993

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Vertical Limit (2000) poster
5. Vertical Limit2000

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Licence to Kill (1989) poster
6. Licence to Kill1989

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Edge (1997) poster
7. The Edge1997

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

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) poster
8. Speed 2: Cruise Control1997

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lionheart (1990) poster
9. Lionheart1990

Keeps the white-knuckle intensity and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) poster
10. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory1995

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Executive Decision (1996) poster
11. Executive Decision1996

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The World Is Not Enough (1999) poster
12. The World Is Not Enough1999

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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