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Films like The Double.

The Double (2011) reads as Sombre, breathless, measured action / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

Bad Country (2014) poster
1. Bad Country2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pawn (2013) poster
2. Pawn2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

House of the Rising Sun (2011) poster
3. House of the Rising Sun2011

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Extortion (2017) poster
4. Extortion2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Fire with Fire (2012) poster
5. Fire with Fire2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Contractor (2007) poster
6. The Contractor2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Edison (2005) poster
7. Edison2005

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sniper: Reloaded (2011) poster
8. Sniper: Reloaded2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Setup (2011) poster
9. Setup2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Road of No Return (2009) poster
10. Road of No Return2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Line (2009) poster
11. The Line2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Alex Cross (2012) poster
12. Alex Cross2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Double’s neighbours — where are yours?

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