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Films like Duplicity.

Duplicity (2009) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured thriller / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Murder on the Orient Express (2017) (2017) poster
1. Murder on the Orient Express2017

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008) poster
2. Bigger Stronger Faster*2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Luck by Chance (2009) poster
3. Luck by Chance2009

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

American Hustle (2013) poster
4. American Hustle2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Happy Endings (2005) poster
5. Happy Endings2005

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

Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) poster
6. Why Did I Get Married Too?2010

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

Mr. Nice (2010) poster
7. Mr. Nice2010

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

Side by Side (2012) (2012) poster
8. Side by Side2012

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

A Whole Life Ahead (2008) poster
9. A Whole Life Ahead2008

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Matchstick Men (2003) poster
10. Matchstick Men2003

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Lust Stories (2018) poster
11. Lust Stories2018

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Inside Man (2006) poster
12. Inside Man2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Duplicity’s neighbours — where are yours?

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