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Films like The Locket.

The Locket (1946) reads as Sombre, kinetic, measured noir / flashback, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, 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.

Whirlpool (1949) poster
1. Whirlpool1949

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

La Otra (1946) poster
2. La Otra1946

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Backfire (1946) poster
3. Backfire1946

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The File on Thelma Jordon (1949) poster
4. The File on Thelma Jordon1949

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Double Life (1947) poster
5. A Double Life1947

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ride the Pink Horse (1947) poster
6. Ride the Pink Horse1947

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Phantom Lady (1944) poster
7. Phantom Lady1944

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pursued (1947) poster
8. Pursued1947

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Too Late for Tears (1949) poster
9. Too Late for Tears1949

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Kneeling Goddess (1947) poster
10. The Kneeling Goddess1947

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) poster
11. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers1946

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Woman Without a Face (1947) poster
12. Woman Without a Face1947

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Locket’s neighbours — where are yours?

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