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Films like The Gentlemen.

The Gentlemen (2019) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, 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.

Rebels (2019) poster
1. Rebels2019

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pixie (2020) poster
2. Pixie2020

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Perfect Strangers (2016) poster
3. Perfect Strangers2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a pitch-dark outlook.

Jailer (2023) poster
4. Jailer2023

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

Smugglers (2023) poster
5. Smugglers2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

A Cool Fish (2018) poster
6. A Cool Fish2018

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

American Hustle (2013) poster
7. American Hustle2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Mr & Mme Adelman (2017) poster
8. Mr & Mme Adelman2017

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

Small Town Crime (2018) poster
9. Small Town Crime2018

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Instigators (2024) poster
10. The Instigators2024

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

Supersonic (2016, Oasis) (2016) poster
11. Supersonic (2016, Oasis)2016

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

Christmas Crossfire (2020) poster
12. Christmas Crossfire2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

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

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