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Films like The Rise.

The Rise (2012) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, 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.

The Good Liar (2019) poster
1. The Good Liar2019

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

Disconnect (2013) poster
2. Disconnect2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

No Return (2010) poster
3. No Return2010

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

Crossing Over (2009) poster
4. Crossing Over2009

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl (2011) poster
5. Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a airy, open telling.

Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008) poster
6. Reykjavik-Rotterdam2008

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

The Tinder Swindler (2022) poster
7. The Tinder Swindler2022

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

Holy Rollers (2010) poster
8. Holy Rollers2010

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

Sugar Mountain (2016) poster
9. Sugar Mountain2016

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

Beyond the Sky (2007) poster
10. Beyond the Sky2007

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

Intuition (2020) poster
11. Intuition2020

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

Howling (2012) poster
12. Howling2012

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

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