Top rated dark and depressing movies with a poor character development

Check out today’s highest ranked dark and depressing movies featuring a poor character development! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best dark and depressing movies featuring a poor character development, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Unearth (2020)

The relationship between two neighboring farm families are strained when one of them chooses to lease their land to an oil and gas company. In the midst of growing tension, the land is drilled, and something long dormant and terrifying, deep beneath the earth's surface is released. "Unearth" is about the horrifying repercussions sown by short-sighted decisions, and what our children reap from our actions.

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2020-08-25 | Horror

Cast

Adrienne Barbeau, Marc Blucas

Rating

rating icon 3.87
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    pretty picture
  2. Ranked #2 for
    real downer
  3. Ranked #3 for
    falling asleep in the middle

Trailer

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2 A Nightmare Wakes (2020)

An adaptation of the novel "Frankenstein," as told through the life of Mary Shelley. As she creates her masterpiece, she gives birth to a monster.

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2020-10-02 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Alix Wilton Regan, Giullian Yao Gioiello

Rating

rating icon 4.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    temperamental
  2. Ranked #1 for
    looker
  3. Ranked #5 for
    dangerous subject

Trailer

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3 Shifter (2020)

A young woman struggles with the painful and gruesome side effects of an experiment with time travel gone wrong that causes her to lose control and shift through time at random.

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2020-03-06 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Nicole Fancher, Ashley Mandanas

Rating

rating icon 4.038
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    super-smart
  2. Ranked #1 for
    most captivating
  3. Ranked #2 for
    credible performance

Trailer

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4 Widow's Walk (2019)

Eve's husband has been killed in Afghanistan. She takes her young son to a Suffolk beach house on the edge of the North Sea to grieve. But someone else is in the house grieving her loss from another war.

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2019-10-19 | Horror

Cast

Miranda Raison, Anthony Howell

Rating

rating icon 4.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    for a cold winter night
  2. Ranked #1 for
    almost unwatchable
  3. Ranked #1 for
    American Gothic

Trailer

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5 Risen (2021)

Disaster unfolds when a meteor strikes a small town, turning the environment uninhabitable and killing everything in the surrounding area. Exobiologist Lauren Stone is called to find answers to the unearthly event. As she begins to uncover the truth, imminent danger awakens and it becomes a race against time to save mankind.

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2021-08-20 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Nicole Schalmo, Jack Campbell

Rating

rating icon 5.13
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    badly produced
  2. Ranked #3 for
    with exaggerated facial expression
  3. Ranked #3 for
    steadyhanded directing

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6 The Ravine (2022)

This true story begins on a weekday morning in a peaceful suburb of Akron, Ohio, the town awakens to discover that Rachel Turner and her son, Evan, have been brutally murdered during the night. A short while later, Danny Turner is found in his car at the bottom of a ravine, after having taken his own life.

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2022-05-06 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Eric Dane, Teri Polo

Rating

rating icon 5.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nicely filmed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    heinous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    despicable acting

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7 Silent Night (2021)

Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.

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2021-12-03 | Comedy / Science Fiction

Cast

Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode

Rating

rating icon 6.011
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    soul-crushing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    dislikeable
  3. Ranked #2 for
    downer

Trailer

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8 Nitram (2021)

Based on true events, "Nitram" lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never fitting in. As his anger grows, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most heinous of acts.

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2021-09-30 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis

Rating

rating icon 6.955
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    heinous crime
  2. Ranked #1 for
    deeply disturbing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    confronting

Trailer

Nitram trailer
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9 Cuck (2019)

Ronnie is a young white male, struggling with the pressures of life. He’s unemployed, rejected from the military for being mentally unstable, and lives at home with his ailing and nagging mother. Ronnie finds an outlet for his frustration online. The alt-right community gives him a place to belong and absolves his personal responsibility.

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2019-10-04 | Drama

Cast

Zachary Ray Sherman, Sally Kirkland

Rating

rating icon 4.214
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    moron
  2. Ranked #1 for
    caricature-like acting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    accurate depiction

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10 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
    sluggish pace
  2. Ranked #1 for
    completely boring
  3. Ranked #1 for
    awfully slow

Trailer

The Isle trailer
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