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Films like Burn.

Burn (2019) reads as Heavy, kinetic, measured thriller / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, 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.

Sympathy for the Devil (2023) poster
1. Sympathy for the Devil2023

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

Superhost (2021) poster
2. Superhost2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

4x4 (2019) poster
3. 4x42019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Down (2019) poster
4. Down2019

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

The Owners (2020) poster
5. The Owners2020

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

King Cobra (2016) poster
6. King Cobra2016

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bad Match (2017) poster
7. Bad Match2017

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

Scenic Route (2013) poster
8. Scenic Route2013

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

Candy Land (2023) poster
9. Candy Land2023

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

Mojave (2016) poster
10. Mojave2016

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

Suburbicon (2017) poster
11. Suburbicon2017

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

Lake Bodom (2016) poster
12. Lake Bodom2016

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

These are Burn’s neighbours — where are yours?

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