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Films like Unknown.

Unknown (2011) reads as Heavy, breathless, extreme action / mystery, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, 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 Commuter (2018) poster
1. The Commuter2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Abduction (2011) poster
2. Abduction2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Guest (2014) poster
3. The Guest2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

From Paris with Love (2010) poster
4. From Paris with Love2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Homefront (2013) poster
5. Homefront2013

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Non-Stop (2014) poster
6. Non-Stop2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Transporter 3 (2008) poster
7. Transporter 32008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Live Free or Die Hard (2007) poster
8. Live Free or Die Hard2007

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Recruit (2003) poster
9. The Recruit2003

Keeps the dense, packed storytelling and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eraser (1996) poster
10. Eraser1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Transporter Refueled (2015) poster
11. The Transporter Refueled2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) poster
12. A Good Day to Die Hard2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the dense, packed storytelling — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Unknown’s neighbours — where are yours?

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