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Films like Tron.

Tron (1982) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured sci-fi / cyberspace, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

The Battle Wizard (1977) poster
1. The Battle Wizard1977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Na Cha the Great (1974) poster
2. Na Cha the Great1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Highlander (1986) poster
3. Highlander1986

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Krull (1983) (1983) poster
4. Krull1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

The Black Cauldron (1985) (1985) poster
5. The Black Cauldron1985

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Return of the Bastard Swordsman (1984) poster
6. Return of the Bastard Swordsman1984

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Bastard Swordsman (1983) poster
7. Bastard Swordsman1983

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983) poster
8. Legend of the Eight Samurai1983

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Crusher Joe (1983) poster
9. Crusher Joe1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Arion (1986) poster
10. Arion1986

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Brave Archer and His Mate (1982) poster
11. The Brave Archer and His Mate1982

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Dragonslayer (1981) poster
12. Dragonslayer1981

Keeps the documentary-plain realism and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

These are Tron’s neighbours — where are yours?

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