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Films like Gone Girl.

Gone Girl (2014) reads as Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. 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.

Heretic (2024) poster
1. Heretic2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Dinner (2013) poster
2. The Dinner2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Limehouse Golem (2016) poster
3. The Limehouse Golem2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Now You See Me 2 (2016) poster
4. Now You See Me 22016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Came By (2022) poster
5. I Came By2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Black Dahlia (2006) poster
6. The Black Dahlia2006

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Return to Sender (2015) poster
7. Return to Sender2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Courier (2024) poster
8. The Courier2024

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Officer on Duty (2025) poster
9. Officer on Duty2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Tigers (2025) poster
10. The Tigers2025

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Dinner (2017) poster
11. The Dinner2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the pitch-dark outlook; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Hollow Point (2016) poster
12. The Hollow Point2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

These are Gone Girl’s neighbours — where are yours?

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