Top movies with a downbeat tone that have a lovely character

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a downbeat tone featuring a lovely character! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a downbeat tone featuring a lovely character, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Pinocchio (2019)

In this live-action adaptation of the beloved fairytale, old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, encountering magical beasts, fantastical spectacles, while making friends and foes along his journey. However, his dream is to become a real boy, which can only come true if he finally changes his ways.

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2019-12-19 | Drama / Family

Cast

Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    full of symbolism
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fantasia
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fully engaging

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Pinocchio trailer
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2 The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

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2022-10-20 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson

Rating

rating icon 7.459
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    superb acting
  2. Ranked #2 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  3. Ranked #2 for
    depressing

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3 Ali & Ava (2021)

Sparks fly after Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for Sofia, the child of Ali’s tenants whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness while Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour irresistible. As the pair begin to form a deep connection they have to find a way to keep their newfound passion from being overshadowed by the stresses and struggles of their separate lives and histories.​

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2021-11-12 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook

Rating

rating icon 6.893
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    moment of brilliance
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sexually attractive
  3. Ranked #2 for
    most accessible

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4 The World to Come (2021)

In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier.

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2021-02-12 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Katherine Waterston, Casey Affleck

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    soporific
  2. Ranked #1 for
    harsh
  3. Ranked #1 for
    elegiac

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5 Ammonite (2020)

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.

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2020-11-13 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan

Rating

rating icon 6.991
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    glum
  2. Ranked #1 for
    veteran actress
  3. Ranked #2 for
    dour subject

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6 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.

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2022-11-09 | Animation / Fantasy

Cast

Ewan McGregor, David Bradley

Rating

rating icon 8.096
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dark tone
  2. Ranked #1 for
    like Fantastic Mr. Fox
  3. Ranked #1 for
    undeniable classic

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7 Vesper (2022)

After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.

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2022-08-17 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan

Rating

rating icon 6.396
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slimy cast
  2. Ranked #1 for
    post-apocalyptic future
  3. Ranked #2 for
    plot hinges

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8 Living (2022)

London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.

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2022-11-04 | Drama

Cast

Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood

Rating

rating icon 7.021
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    able supporting actor
  2. Ranked #1 for
    telling
  3. Ranked #2 for
    low-key performance

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9 Swan Song (2021)

An aging hairdresser escapes his nursing home to embark on an odyssey across his small town to style a dead woman's hair for her funeral, rediscovering his sparkle along the way.

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2021-08-06 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge

Rating

rating icon 7.071
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    last hurrah
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lisp voice
  3. Ranked #1 for
    with emotional moments

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10 Lapwing (2021)

Mute young woman Patience, from an isolated community in rural England in 1555, struggles with her controlling brother-in-law and leader, David, who is gradually unraveling after the failure of his idyllic community. The Egyptian Act has been passed, stipulating that all ‘gypsies’ must vacate England immediately and anyone found aiding them could be executed. In exchange for a fee, David agrees to help an Egyptian family who must stay a month on their land until a ship comes to take them away. But when Patience pursues an affair with one of the outsiders, she is thrust into a violent and vicious psychological battle with David.

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2021-11-26 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Hannah Douglas, Emmett Scanlan

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    beautifully staged
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sharply contrasting imagery
  3. Ranked #1 for
    great performance

Trailer

Lapwing trailer
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