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Films like Peacock.

Peacock (2010) reads as Sombre, steady, measured mystery / thriller, inventive 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 Butterfly Room (2012) poster
1. The Butterfly Room2012

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

Compulsion (2013) poster
2. Compulsion2013

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

Wrecked (2010) poster
3. Wrecked2010

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

Spiral (2007) poster
4. Spiral2007

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

Dorothy Mills (2008) poster
5. Dorothy Mills2008

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

The Night Listener (2006) poster
6. The Night Listener2006

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

If There Be Thorns (2015) poster
7. If There Be Thorns2015

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Hierro (2009) poster
8. Hierro2009

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

Black Heaven (2010) poster
9. Black Heaven2010

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

The Dying Gaul (2005) poster
10. The Dying Gaul2005

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

The Silence of the Marsh (2019) poster
11. The Silence of the Marsh2019

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

The Life Before Her Eyes (2007) poster
12. The Life Before Her Eyes2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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