If you loved The Contractor, try Metropia

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Metropia has roughly 5.5× fewer votes than The Contractor — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Contractor

2022 · dir. Tarik Saleh

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Metropia

2009 · dir. Tarik Saleh

What they share

Both films are directed by Tarik Saleh, and they both carry the paranoid mood tag, and they sit in Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Contractor, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Metropia is

Tunnels hum beneath a Europe running on fumes. Roger steers his cart through neon corridors, voice crackling in his ear. A Nordic noir with the pacing of a Tarkovsky fever dream.

If you loved The Contractor, try Metropia

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What they share

What Metropia is

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