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Films like Proximity.

Proximity (2020) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured sci-fi / drama, 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.

Abigail (2019) poster
1. Abigail2019

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

Fallen (2006) poster
2. Fallen2006

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

Max Steel (2016) poster
3. Max Steel2016

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

Parallels (2015) poster
4. Parallels2015

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the clean studio craft; trades toward a documentary-plain realism.

Mythica: The Darkspore (2015) poster
5. Mythica: The Darkspore2015

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

Beyond the Edge (2018) poster
6. Beyond the Edge2018

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

Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016) poster
7. Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions2016

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

Vixen: The Movie (2017) poster
8. Vixen: The Movie2017

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

Silver and the Book of Dreams (2023) poster
9. Silver and the Book of Dreams2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a deep human warmth.

Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015) poster
10. Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe2015

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Wicked (2021) poster
11. Wicked2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

At First Light (2018) poster
12. At First Light2018

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Proximity’s neighbours — where are yours?

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