FilmsThe CanyonsLike this

Films like The Canyons.

The Canyons (2013) reads as Heavy, steady, measured thriller / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, 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.

Mojave (2016) poster
1. Mojave2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hidden (2009) poster
2. Hidden2009

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

The Butterfly Room (2012) poster
3. The Butterfly Room2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hierro (2009) poster
4. Hierro2009

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

The Monitor (2011) poster
5. The Monitor2011

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

In Fear (2013) poster
6. In Fear2013

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

Spiral (2007) poster
7. Spiral2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

4x4 (2019) poster
8. 4x42019

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

Strangerland (2015) poster
9. Strangerland2015

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

Bloody Milk (2017) poster
10. Bloody Milk2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a chilly detachment.

John and the Hole (2021) poster
11. John and the Hole2021

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Peacock (2010) poster
12. Peacock2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Canyons’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.

Find my film for tonight — 60 sec →