Bad Times at the El Royale
Why this pick
A stylized, neon-soaked motel pressure cooker with criminals, shifting allegiances, strict-seeming boundaries and escalating danger—very close to Hotel Artemis’s enclosed, rule-bound criminal refuge.
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Why this pick
A stylized, neon-soaked motel pressure cooker with criminals, shifting allegiances, strict-seeming boundaries and escalating danger—very close to Hotel Artemis’s enclosed, rule-bound criminal refuge.
Why this pick
A restrained crime thriller centered on a neighborhood bar used for illicit cash drops. It shares Hotel Artemis’s underworld codes, guarded characters and threat simmering beneath an ordinary-looking safe haven.
Why this pick
A crowded criminal siege with competing hit teams converging on one protected target. Its heightened violence, colorful underworld players and frantic escalation fit the film’s comic-book crime energy.
Why this pick
A brutal, kinetic crime-world survival story driven by loyalty, injury and relentless pursuit. It is harsher than Hotel Artemis, but similarly turns a compromised sanctuary into a battleground.
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A lean near-future revenge thriller with tactile tech, grimy cityscapes and a wounded protagonist navigating criminal forces. It shares Hotel Artemis’s low-budget sci-fi texture and propulsive brutality.
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01 / THE STORY
On June 21, 2028, a riot breaks out in Los Angeles over the city's water privatization. Taking advantage of the chaos, professional criminal Sherman attempts a bank robbery that leaves his brother Lev and another accomplice critically wounded. They escape to the nearby Hotel Artemis, a secretive hospital that only treats criminals, run by Jean "the Nurse" Thomas. Confined inside the Hotel for 22 years by her severe agoraphobia and grief over the death of her son, Thomas adheres to a strict set of rules, including "No weapons," "No non-members," and "No killing of other guests."
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The Nurse

Waikiki

Nice

Niagara

Honolulu

Crosby Franklin

Morgan

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