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Films like Thoroughbreds.

Thoroughbreds (2018) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / thriller, 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.

The Motive (2017) poster
1. The Motive2017

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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

Keeps the heightened unreality and the chilly detachment; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Dark Horse (2012) poster
3. Dark Horse2012

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

Cat Person (2023) poster
4. Cat Person2023

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

God's Pocket (2014) poster
5. God's Pocket2014

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

The Humbling (2014) poster
6. The Humbling2014

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Down Terrace (2010) poster
7. Down Terrace2010

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

Beatriz at Dinner (2017) poster
8. Beatriz at Dinner2017

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

Next Door (2021) poster
9. Next Door2021

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

Windfall (2022) poster
10. Windfall2022

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

It Was the Son (2012) poster
11. It Was the Son2012

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

Good Neighbours (2011) poster
12. Good Neighbours2011

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

These are Thoroughbreds’s neighbours — where are yours?

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