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Films like Oxygen.

Oxygen (2021) reads as Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Killing Faith (2025) poster
1. Killing Faith2025

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

Doctor Sleep (2019) poster
2. Doctor Sleep2019

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

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018) poster
3. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight2018

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

Erased (2016) poster
4. Erased2016

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

Sputnik (2020) poster
5. Sputnik2020

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

The Black Phone (2021) poster
6. The Black Phone2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a airy, open telling.

U-Turn (2016) poster
7. U-Turn2016

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

Hotel Artemis (2018) poster
8. Hotel Artemis2018

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Deep (2021) poster
9. Deep2021

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

The Call (2020) poster
10. The Call2020

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

A Day (2017) poster
11. A Day2017

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

Animal World (2018) poster
12. Animal World2018

Reads close across all twelve axes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

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