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Films like Spy(ies).

Spy(ies) (2009) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / romance, 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.

Shanghai (2010) poster
1. Shanghai2010

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

Möbius (2013) poster
2. Möbius2013

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

Nothing but the Truth (2008) poster
3. Nothing but the Truth2008

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

Spider in the Web (2019) poster
4. Spider in the Web2019

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

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005) poster
5. Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price2005

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

Root of All Evil? (2006) poster
6. Root of All Evil?2006

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

The Conspirator (2011) poster
7. The Conspirator2011

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

Closed Circuit (2013) poster
8. Closed Circuit2013

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

Anonymous (2011) poster
9. Anonymous2011

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

Fed Up (2014) poster
10. Fed Up2014

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

Food, Inc. (2008) (2008) poster
11. Food, Inc.2008

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

The Outsider (2016) poster
12. The Outsider2016

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

These are Spy(ies)’s neighbours — where are yours?

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