
Movies that feel likePearl (2022)
If you loved Pearl, the closest films we have are The Innkeepers (2012), The Eyes of My Mother (2016) and Talk to Me (2023). All three share Pearl's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Borderlands (2014).
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If Pearl hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: X (2022)

Ti West working the same nerve twice
The difference: Easier on the stillness than Pearl

The same mix in both: dread, then unease
The difference: Takes it somewhere less darkly funny than Pearl does


Contemplative drama, and it commits to that


Drama built on unease, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Pearl does

Horror with a pulse of melancholy, in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

The same preoccupation in both: murder

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy
The difference: Leans harder into action than Pearl does

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Common ground: childhood trauma

One thread runs through both: dark comedy
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