Top rated brilliantly constructed movies with sinister atmosphere

Check out today’s highest ranked brilliantly constructed movies with sinister atmosphere! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best brilliantly constructed movies with sinister atmosphere, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Relic (2020)

When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter rushes to the family's decaying home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.

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2020-07-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote

Rating

rating icon 6.086
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    climactic ending
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slowly building up
  3. Ranked #1 for
    deathly

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2 La Llorona (2019)

Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.

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2019-07-25 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz

Rating

rating icon 6.417
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    incredibly slow
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ominous tone
  3. Ranked #1 for
    slow and plodding

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3 Saint Maud (2020)

Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.

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2020-10-09 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle

Rating

rating icon 6.606
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fanaticism
  2. Ranked #1 for
    paranoid
  3. Ranked #1 for
    bated breath

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4 The Isle (2019)

1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' survival story has only just started as they uncover the strange past of the once vibrant island.

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2019-02-08 | Thriller / Adventure

Cast

Conleth Hill, Alex Hassell

Rating

rating icon 4.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    completely boring
  2. Ranked #1 for
    awfully slow
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sluggish pace

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5 The Lighthouse (2019)

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

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2019-10-18 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe

Rating

rating icon 7.509
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    crazy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    iconography
  3. Ranked #1 for
    lovecraftian

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6 Gaia (2021)

In the depths of an ancient forest, something has been growing. Something older than humanity itself, and perhaps greater too. When a park ranger discovers a man and his son living wild, she stumbles onto a secret that is about to change the world.

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2021-06-18 | Horror / Fantasy

Cast

Monique Rockman, Carel Nel

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    uneasy atmosphere
  2. Ranked #1 for
    bit shaky camera work
  3. Ranked #1 for
    expansive

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7 Widow's Point (2019)

An author who spends a weekend locked in a haunted lighthouse as a publicity stunt for his next book becomes a target for powerful supernatural forces.

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2019-08-24 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Craig Sheffer, KateLynn E. Newberry

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    spine-tingling
  2. Ranked #2 for
    rather uneventful
  3. Ranked #3 for
    haunting imagery

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8 Sea Fever (2020)

The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.

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2020-03-06 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Hermione Corfield, Ardalan Esmaili

Rating

rating icon 6.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    good pace
  2. Ranked #2 for
    well-acted
  3. Ranked #2 for
    decently written

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9 The Night House (2021)

Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. Soon she begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.

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2021-07-15 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg

Rating

rating icon 6.612
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    gotcha
  2. Ranked #2 for
    psychologically horrifying
  3. Ranked #3 for
    relying on gore

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10 The Stranger (2022)

Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other an undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship becomes the core of this tightly wrought thriller, which is based on the true story of one of the largest investigations and undercover operations in Australia.

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2022-10-06 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    riveting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lugubrious
  3. Ranked #1 for
    brilliantly put together

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