Films like Lost in the Stars.

Lost in the Stars (2023) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured mystery / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, 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 Girl in the Fog (2017) poster
1. The Girl in the Fog2017

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

Badla (2019) poster
2. Badla2019

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

Intruder (2020) poster
3. Intruder2020

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

Fatum (2023) poster
4. Fatum2023

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

The Body (2012) poster
5. The Body2012

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

The Girl on the Train (2021) poster
6. The Girl on the Train2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a clean studio craft.

God's Crooked Lines (2022) poster
7. God's Crooked Lines2022

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

The Courier (2024) poster
8. The Courier2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

Officer on Duty (2025) poster
9. Officer on Duty2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

The Tigers (2025) poster
10. The Tigers2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

I Came By (2022) poster
11. I Came By2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

The Invisible Guest (2016) poster
12. The Invisible Guest2016

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

These are Lost in the Stars’s neighbours — where are yours?

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