Top movies with a downbeat tone that have wasted potential

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

1 The Reckoning (2021)

In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her landlord, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. She must endure physical persecution at the hands of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter and face her own inner demons as the devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.

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2021-02-05 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    late night movie
  2. Ranked #1 for
    tepid plot
  3. Ranked #2 for
    interesting ending

Trailer

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2 Triggered (2020)

Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help - until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other.

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2020-08-28 | Horror / Action

Cast

Liesl Ahlers, Reine Swart

Rating

rating icon 5.297
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stingy character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    attractive female
  3. Ranked #1 for
    intentionally funny

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3 Last Radio Call (2022)

On June 30th, 2018, Officer David Serling went missing inside an undisclosed abandoned hospital. Using his recovered body cam footage, his wife attempts to piece together what happened to him on that horrible night.

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2022-01-14 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sarah Froelich, Jason Scarbrough

Rating

rating icon 6.068
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    like The Da Vinci Code
  2. Ranked #1 for
    quite chilling
  3. Ranked #2 for
    dead end

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4 The Nan Movie (2022)

Catherine Tate's iconic character Nan hits the big screen as she goes on a wild road trip from London to Ireland with her grandson Jamie to make amends with her estranged sister Nell. Militant vegan arsonists, raucous rugby teams, all night raves and crazed cops on motorbikes all make for a proper day out. An origin story that mixes Nan's present with her past where we finally find out what's made her the cantankerous old bastard she is today.

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2022-03-18 | Comedy

Cast

Catherine Tate, Mathew Horne

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    falling flat on gags
  2. Ranked #1 for
    with LOL moments
  3. Ranked #1 for
    harridan

Trailer

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5 The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)

At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.

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2020-02-14 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck

Rating

rating icon 4.869
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    confusing mess
  2. Ranked #1 for
    incoherent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    begging the question

Trailer

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6 Cryptid (2022)

A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.

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2022-10-07 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Nicholas Baroudi, Ellen Adair

Rating

rating icon 3.667
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    feeling a little rushed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    building tension
  3. Ranked #1 for
    mindless gore

Trailer

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7 Butchers (2020)

A family of sadistic butchers lives deep inside the backcountry. From the dead of winter to the dog days of summer, anyone who crosses their path is dead meat.

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2020-10-15 | Horror

Cast

Simon Phillips, Michael Swatton

Rating

rating icon 5.134
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    lacking originality
  2. Ranked #1 for
    heavily influenced
  3. Ranked #1 for
    hillbilly

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8 The Owners (2020)

A group of friends think they found the perfect easy score - an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, the would-be thieves must fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined.

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2020-08-27 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy

Rating

rating icon 5.621
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    kind of weird
  2. Ranked #1 for
    uncreative story
  3. Ranked #1 for
    followable

Trailer

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9 The Dark and the Wicked (2020)

On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

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2020-10-29 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr.

Rating

rating icon 6.167
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    for horror movie day
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dark atmosphere
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sense of dread

Trailer

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10 Infinite Storm (2022)

One woman's journey for self-discovery and turns into a harrowing tale of survival.

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2022-03-25 | Thriller / Adventure

Cast

Naomi Watts, Billy Howle

Rating

rating icon 5.754
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    knowledgeable character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    down to earth
  3. Ranked #4 for
    evergreen

Trailer

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