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Films like Clue.

Clue (1985) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme comedy / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

11:14 (2004) poster
1. 11:142004

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Whole Ten Yards (2004) poster
2. The Whole Ten Yards2004

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tango & Cash (1989) poster
3. Tango & Cash1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995) poster
4. The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre1995

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Murder by Death (1976) poster
5. Murder by Death1976

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) poster
6. Beverly Hills Cop III1994

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Whole Nine Yards (2000) poster
7. The Whole Nine Yards2000

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Winter Kills (1979) poster
8. Winter Kills1979

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Ladykillers (2004) poster
9. The Ladykillers2004

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Suicide Kings (1997) poster
10. Suicide Kings1997

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Deathtrap (1982) poster
11. Deathtrap1982

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Taxi (2004) poster
12. Taxi2004

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are Clue’s neighbours — where are yours?

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