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Films like Hotel Artemis.

Hotel Artemis (2018) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured sci-fi / crime, inventive 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 Maze Runner (2014) (2014) poster
1. The Maze Runner2014

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

Looper (2012) poster
2. Looper2012

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

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) poster
3. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials2015

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Laplace's Witch (2018) poster
4. Laplace's Witch2018

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

Victor Frankenstein (2015) poster
5. Victor Frankenstein2015

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

Animal World (2018) poster
6. Animal World2018

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

Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child (2016) poster
7. Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child2016

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The 5th Wave (2016) (2016) poster
8. The 5th Wave2016

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

Ajin: Demi-Human (2017) poster
9. Ajin: Demi-Human2017

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) poster
10. Maze Runner: The Death Cure2018

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

Deep (2021) poster
11. Deep2021

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

In the Shadow of the Moon (2019) poster
12. In the Shadow of the Moon2019

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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