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Films like The Quarry.

The Quarry (2020) reads as Sombre, measured, measured crime / mystery, 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.

Thou Shalt Not Hate (2020) poster
1. Thou Shalt Not Hate2020

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

The Starling Girl (2023) poster
2. The Starling Girl2023

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

Wild Horses (2015) poster
3. Wild Horses2015

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

Houseguests (2020) poster
4. Houseguests2020

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

My Cousin Rachel (2017) poster
5. My Cousin Rachel2017

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

The Drowning (2016) poster
6. The Drowning2016

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

You Can't Save Yourself Alone (2015) poster
7. You Can't Save Yourself Alone2015

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

The Ties (2020) poster
8. The Ties2020

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

Under Her Control (2022) poster
9. Under Her Control2022

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

Security (2021) poster
10. Security2021

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

Wreckers (2011) poster
11. Wreckers2011

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

Thesis on a Homicide (2013) poster
12. Thesis on a Homicide2013

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

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