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Films like The Conquest.

The Conquest (2011) reads as Neutral, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, 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.

Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) poster
1. Our Brand Is Crisis2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The God Who Wasn't There (2005) poster
2. The God Who Wasn't There2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art (2020) poster
3. Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Crooked House (2017) poster
4. Crooked House2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021) poster
6. Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Take Your Pills (2018) poster
7. Take Your Pills2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

King of Thieves (2018) poster
8. King of Thieves2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Get Me Roger Stone (2017) poster
9. Get Me Roger Stone2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Front Runner (2018) poster
10. The Front Runner2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay - Away from Keyboard (2013) poster
11. TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay - Away from Keyboard2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

VIPs (2011) poster
12. VIPs2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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