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Films like Edison.

Edison (2005) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Fire with Fire (2012) poster
1. Fire with Fire2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Double (2011) poster
2. The Double2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Icarus (2010) poster
3. Icarus2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Contract (2006) poster
4. The Contract2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hero Wanted (2008) poster
5. Hero Wanted2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Whiteout (2009) poster
6. Whiteout2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bad Country (2014) poster
7. Bad Country2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

House of the Rising Sun (2011) poster
8. House of the Rising Sun2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sniper: Reloaded (2011) poster
9. Sniper: Reloaded2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Glass House: The Good Mother (2006) poster
10. Glass House: The Good Mother2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Road of No Return (2009) poster
11. Road of No Return2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Obsessed (2009) poster
12. Obsessed2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Edison’s neighbours — where are yours?

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