Top movies with a refreshing take that have a heinous crime

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

1 The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)

After barely surviving a violent attack by an elusive serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su finds himself forming an unlikely partnership with local detective Jung Tae-seok to catch the sadistic killer simply known as K.

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2019-05-15 | Crime / Action

Cast

Ma Dong-seok, Kim Moo-yul

Rating

rating icon 7.79
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sticky ending
  2. Ranked #1 for
    gritty atmosphere
  3. Ranked #1 for
    time passer

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The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil trailer
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2 Knives Out (2019)

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

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2019-11-27 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Daniel Craig, Chris Evans

Rating

rating icon 7.848
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    smart and witty dialogue
  2. Ranked #1 for
    top-notch casting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    whodunit

Trailer

Knives Out trailer
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3 The Batman (2022)

In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.

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2022-03-01 | Crime / Mystery

Cast

Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz

Rating

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dark and gritty
  2. Ranked #1 for
    brooding
  3. Ranked #2 for
    knocking socks off

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4 Mama Weed (2020)

A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.

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2020-09-09 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Isabelle Huppert, Liliane Rovère

Rating

rating icon 5.817
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    super genius
  2. Ranked #4 for
    odd casting
  3. Ranked #5 for
    graceful

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5 Back Roads (2019)

A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.

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2019-11-15 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Alex Pettyfer, Jennifer Morrison

Rating

rating icon 6.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dark and twisted
  2. Ranked #2 for
    troubling
  3. Ranked #2 for
    tragic result

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6 Promising Young Woman (2020)

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

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2020-12-13 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham

Rating

rating icon 7.438
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    taboo topic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    waited too long
  3. Ranked #1 for
    poetic justice

Trailer

Promising Young Woman trailer
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7 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
    clean-shaven
  2. Ranked #1 for
    beaten
  3. Ranked #1 for
    well-groomed

Trailer

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8 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

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2019-05-02 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Zac Efron, Lily Collins

Rating

rating icon 7.012
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    charismatic acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely nailed it
  3. Ranked #1 for
    incredibly handsome

Trailer

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile trailer
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9 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.

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2022-11-12 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Daniel Craig, Edward Norton

Rating

rating icon 7.06
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    like Knives Out
  2. Ranked #2 for
    crafty
  3. Ranked #2 for
    smart and witty dialogue

Trailer

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery trailer
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10 Joker (2019)

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

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2019-10-01 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro

Rating

rating icon 8.154
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  2. Ranked #1 for
    maniac
  3. Ranked #1 for
    mentally unstable

Trailer

Joker trailer
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