Timecrimes
2007Spain★ 75 pt match
Both films sit with guilt and figuring out who you are. Both move the same way too, tense, dark comedy, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Looper
2012USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Rian Johnson★ 6.9
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Themes and style
Tone
tensebleakdark comedycold and detached
Pacing
escalatingslow build to explosionslow burnrelentless
Story
survivalpursuitescapeunraveling
Emotion
figuring out who you areguiltredemptionsacrificeloss of innocence
Themes
class and moneypovertycorrupt institutionsold ways vs. new world
Feel
cerebralrewatchablediscussion startergut punch
Violence
graphicWhere to watch
Foreign films like Looper
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Looper. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
The Great Flood
2025South Korea★ 63.5 pt match
Both films sit with sacrifice. The world both films live in revolves around old ways vs. new world. Both move the same way too, tense, bleak, escalating, and relentless.
The Arrival
1996Mexico★ 63.5 pt match
Like Looper, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions and old ways vs. new world. Both move the same way too, tense, cold and detached, escalating, and slow burn.