Films like The Poison Rose.

The Poison Rose (2019) reads as Sombre, steady, measured thriller / crime, grounded 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.

Spinning Man (2018) poster
1. Spinning Man2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Neighbor (2020) poster
2. The Neighbor2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Misconduct (2016) poster
3. Misconduct2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Money (2016) poster
4. Money2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Poker Face (2022) poster
5. Poker Face2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Tutor (2023) poster
6. The Tutor2023

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Sugar Mountain (2016) poster
7. Sugar Mountain2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Billionaire Boys Club (2018) poster
8. Billionaire Boys Club2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Every Breath You Take (2021) poster
9. Every Breath You Take2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Black Island (2021) poster
10. Black Island2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Human Capital (2020) poster
11. Human Capital2020

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014) poster
12. Lizzie Borden Took an Ax2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Poison Rose’s neighbours — where are yours?

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