Films like Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) reads as Neutral, breathless, extreme adventure / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender. 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.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) poster
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) poster
2. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

10,000 BC (2008) poster
3. 10,000 BC2008

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

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) poster
4. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) poster
5. The Amazing Spider-Man 22014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tomb Raider (2018) poster
6. Tomb Raider2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Spider-Man 3 (2007) poster
7. Spider-Man 32007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

After Earth (2013) poster
8. After Earth2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) poster
9. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) poster
10. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hancock (2008) poster
11. Hancock2008

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

Season of the Witch (2011) poster
12. Season of the Witch2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End’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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