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Films like Maigret.

Maigret (2022) reads as Sombre, steady, gentle mystery / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. 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.

Rest in Peace (2024) poster
1. Rest in Peace2024

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

The Song of Names (2019) poster
2. The Song of Names2019

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

Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) poster
3. Roman J. Israel, Esq.2017

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

Lord of the Ants (2022) poster
4. Lord of the Ants2022

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

The Children Act (2018) poster
5. The Children Act2018

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

The Match (2020) poster
6. The Match2020

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

Hey Joe (2024) poster
7. Hey Joe2024

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

On the Road (2012) poster
8. On the Road2012

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

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) poster
9. Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine2015

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

Promises (2022) poster
10. Promises2022

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

Night Shift (2020) poster
11. Night Shift2020

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

The Aftermath (2019) poster
12. The Aftermath2019

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

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