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Films like Gun City.

Gun City (2018) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / crime, 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.

The Journalist (2019) poster
1. The Journalist2019

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

5lbs of Pressure (2024) poster
2. 5lbs of Pressure2024

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

Riphagen (2016) poster
3. Riphagen2016

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

Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City (2019) poster
4. Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City2019

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

26 Years (2012) poster
5. 26 Years2012

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014) poster
6. Revenge of the Green Dragons2014

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

Kompromat (2022) poster
7. Kompromat2022

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

I Am All Girls (2021) poster
8. I Am All Girls2021

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

Valley of Shadows (2024) poster
9. Valley of Shadows2024

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Zulu (2013) poster
10. Zulu2013

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

The Resistance Banker (2018) poster
11. The Resistance Banker2018

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

The Heineken Kidnapping (2011) poster
12. The Heineken Kidnapping2011

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

These are Gun City’s neighbours — where are yours?

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