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Films like Prometheus.

Prometheus (2012) reads as Heavy, kinetic, extreme sci-fi / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, epic, 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.

Alien: Covenant (2017) (2017) poster
1. Alien: Covenant2017

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

The Northman (re-pass) (2022) poster
2. The Northman (re-pass)2022

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

Sunshine (2007) (2007) poster
3. Sunshine2007

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Pandorum (2009) (2009) poster
4. Pandorum2009

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Am Mother (2019) (2019) poster
5. I Am Mother2019

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

The Northman (2022) poster
6. The Northman2022

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

Noah (2014) (2014) poster
7. Noah2014

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Noah (Aronofsky) — re-pass (2014) poster
8. Noah (Aronofsky) — re-pass2014

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997) poster
9. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth1997

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

Watchmen (2009) poster
10. Watchmen2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Us (2019) poster
11. Us2019

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

I Am Legend (2007) (2007) poster
12. I Am Legend2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

These are Prometheus’s neighbours — where are yours?

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