Top movies with a downbeat tone that have acerbic dialogue

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

1 Limbo (2020)

An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.

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2020-09-28 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Amir ElMasry, Vikash Bhai

Rating

rating icon 6.87
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sullen
  2. Ranked #1 for
    awaited
  3. Ranked #1 for
    melancholy mood

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2 Argentina, 1985 (2022)

In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.

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2022-09-29 | Drama / History

Cast

Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani

Rating

rating icon 7.889
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    humorous tone
  2. Ranked #1 for
    practically flawless
  3. Ranked #1 for
    nearly perfect

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3 Supernova (2020)

Sam and Tusker, partners of 20 years, are traveling across England in their old RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have. As the trip progresses, however, their ideas for the future clash, secrets come out, and their love for each other is tested as never before. Ultimately, they must confront the question of what it means to love one another in the face of Tusker’s illness.

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2020-11-20 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci

Rating

rating icon 6.897
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sensitive portrayal
  2. Ranked #1 for
    morose
  3. Ranked #1 for
    thoroughly convincing acting

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4 FX's A Christmas Carol (2019)

London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.

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2019-12-19 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis

Rating

rating icon 7.077
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    faithful rendition
  2. Ranked #1 for
    miserly
  3. Ranked #1 for
    darkest

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5 True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)

Set against the badlands of Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly discovers he comes from a line of Irish rebels — an uncompromising army of cross dressing bandits immortalised for terrorising their oppressors back in Ireland. Fuelled by the unfair arrest of his mother, Kelly recruits a wild bunch of warriors to plot one of the most audacious attacks of anarchy and rebellion the country has ever seen.

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2019-11-23 | Crime / Drama

Cast

George MacKay, Nicholas Hoult

Rating

rating icon 5.934
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    edgy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    well-groomed
  3. Ranked #1 for
    beaten

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6 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
    great story
  3. Ranked #2 for
    brilliant

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7 Mad God (2021)

A figure known as "The Assassin" descends from the heavens into a nightmarish pit full of monsters, titans, and cruelty.

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2021-09-17 | Animation / Fantasy

Cast

Alex Cox, Niketa Roman

Rating

rating icon 6.886
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    detailed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    grotesque
  3. Ranked #1 for
    horrific imagery

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8 Jojo Rabbit (2019)

A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

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2019-10-18 | Comedy / War

Cast

Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie

Rating

rating icon 8.022
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    comical
  2. Ranked #1 for
    semi-serious
  3. Ranked #1 for
    tragicomic

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9 The Innocents (2021)

Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen.

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2021-09-03 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad

Rating

rating icon 6.917
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    director with natural ability
  2. Ranked #1 for
    class act
  3. Ranked #1 for
    cruel

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10 Bye Bye Morons (2020)

When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.

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2020-10-21 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Virginie Efira, Albert Dupontel

Rating

rating icon 7.204
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    non-sensical plot
  2. Ranked #2 for
    coquettish acting
  3. Ranked #3 for
    cynical view

Trailer

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