Top rated cheerless movies with ratcheting up tension

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

1 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
    creepy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    somewhat unsatisfying
  3. Ranked #1 for
    nightmares for a week

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2 Sator (2019)

Secluded in a desolate forest, a broken family is observed by Sator, a supernatural entity who is attempting to claim them.

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2019-07-21 | Horror

Cast

Michael Daniel, Rachel Johnson

Rating

rating icon 5.004
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nightmarish atmosphere
  2. Ranked #1 for
    foreboding atmosphere
  3. Ranked #1 for
    minimal dialogue

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3 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
    somber mood
  2. Ranked #1 for
    credible performance
  3. Ranked #1 for
    utterly absorbing

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4 Hunter Hunter (2020)

A fur trapper leaves his wife and daughter behind to kill a rogue wolf in the remote wilderness, but they soon become increasingly worried when their peaceful existence is disrupted.

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2020-12-18 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Camille Sullivan, Summer H. Howell

Rating

rating icon 6.343
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    woah
  2. Ranked #1 for
    real shocker
  3. Ranked #1 for
    lumberjack

Trailer

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5 The Nest (2020)

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.

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2020-05-08 | Drama

Cast

Jude Law, Carrie Coon

Rating

rating icon 6.089
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    creaky and old
  2. Ranked #2 for
    colossal waste
  3. Ranked #2 for
    flashy

Trailer

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6 Murina (2022)

A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.

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2022-04-08 | Drama

Cast

Gracija Filipović, Danica Ćurčić

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    wonderful writing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    interpersonal relation
  3. Ranked #1 for
    ambiguous ending

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7 The Good Nurse (2022)

Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.

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2022-10-19 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne

Rating

rating icon 6.901
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    high caliber
  2. Ranked #2 for
    captivating directing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    engaging

Trailer

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8 The Power of the Dog (2021)

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

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2021-10-25 | Drama / Western

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst

Rating

rating icon 6.782
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    shortlisted
  2. Ranked #1 for
    painfully slow
  3. Ranked #1 for
    slow and deliberate

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9 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
    iconography
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lovecraftian
  3. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely insane

Trailer

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10 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
    psychological character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    deeply unsettling
  3. Ranked #1 for
    bated breath

Trailer

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