Films like The Origin of Evil.

The Origin of Evil (2022) reads as Sombre, steady, measured thriller / drama, inventive 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.

Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2020) poster
1. Disappearance at Clifton Hill2020

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

Masquerade (2022) poster
2. Masquerade2022

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

Heretic (2024) poster
3. Heretic2024

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the chilly detachment; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

The Dinner (2017) poster
4. The Dinner2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the chilly detachment; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

Based on a True Story (2017) poster
5. Based on a True Story2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Predators (2020) poster
6. The Predators2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Visions (2023) poster
7. Visions2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Only the Animals (2019) poster
8. Only the Animals2019

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

All My Friends Hate Me (2022) poster
9. All My Friends Hate Me2022

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

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016) poster
10. Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a world-sized stakes.

The Burnt Orange Heresy (2020) poster
11. The Burnt Orange Heresy2020

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

Loro 1 (2018) poster
12. Loro 12018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Origin of Evil’s neighbours — where are yours?

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