Films like Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone.

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) reads as Sombre, kinetic, extreme mecha / science fiction, inventive 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.

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) poster
1. Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Watchmen (2009) poster
2. Watchmen2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Noah (2014) (2014) poster
3. Noah2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Noah (Aronofsky) — re-pass (2014) poster
4. Noah (Aronofsky) — re-pass2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Metropolis (2001) poster
5. Metropolis2001

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Beowulf (2007) (2007) poster
6. Beowulf2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007) poster
7. Highlander: The Search for Vengeance2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Sunshine (2007) (2007) poster
8. Sunshine2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Dark City (1998) poster
9. Dark City1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) poster
10. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury (2013) poster
11. Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury2013

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006) poster
12. Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

These are Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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