Top rated dark and depressing movies with a strong character

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

1 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

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2 Hope Gap (2019)

Grace lives an idyllic life in a British seaside town, but her world soon comes crashing down when her husband of 29 years tells her he's leaving her for another woman. Through stages of shock, disbelief and anger -- and with support from her son -- Grace ultimately regains her footing while learning it's never too late to be happy.

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2019-10-03 | Drama

Cast

Annette Bening, Bill Nighy

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    for case study
  2. Ranked #1 for
    confrontational
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unfortunate soul

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3 The World to Come (2021)

In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier.

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2021-02-12 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Katherine Waterston, Casey Affleck

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    soporific
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ponderous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    chore-like

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4 The Colony (2021)

In the not-too-distant future: after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity on Earth, an elite astronaut from Space Colony Kepler must make a decision that will seal the fate of the people on both planets.

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2021-08-26 | Science Fiction / Thriller

Cast

Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    half-baked
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cheerless
  3. Ranked #1 for
    misty

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5 Emily the Criminal (2022)

Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.

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2022-08-12 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi

Rating

rating icon 6.69
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    wholly convincing acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    creditable directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    lean

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6 A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)

The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr. Big, she's forced into taking drastic action to protect her children, evolving from downtrodden submissive to take-charge vigilante.

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2019-10-25 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg

Rating

rating icon 6.109
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    different approach
  2. Ranked #2 for
    shattering climax
  3. Ranked #3 for
    social realism

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7 Beanpole (2019)

1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.

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2019-06-20 | Drama / War

Cast

Viktoriya Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    particularly striking
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pastel colors
  3. Ranked #1 for
    confusing

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8 Jellyfish (2019)

In Margate, England, life is not easy for teenager Sarah Taylor, between being bullied at school, being exploited by a dominant boss and having to take care of her depressive mother and her two siblings. But Sarah finds a way to channel her growing despair and fight adversity when her drama teacher gives her a new purpose.

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2019-02-15 | Drama

Cast

Liv Hill, Sinead Matthews

Rating

rating icon 7.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    emotive
  2. Ranked #1 for
    talent on display
  3. Ranked #1 for
    utterly compelling

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9 Lapwing (2021)

Mute young woman Patience, from an isolated community in rural England in 1555, struggles with her controlling brother-in-law and leader, David, who is gradually unraveling after the failure of his idyllic community. The Egyptian Act has been passed, stipulating that all ‘gypsies’ must vacate England immediately and anyone found aiding them could be executed. In exchange for a fee, David agrees to help an Egyptian family who must stay a month on their land until a ship comes to take them away. But when Patience pursues an affair with one of the outsiders, she is thrust into a violent and vicious psychological battle with David.

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2021-11-26 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Hannah Douglas, Emmett Scanlan

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    beautifully staged
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stark
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sharply contrasting imagery

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10 Ammonite (2020)

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.

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2020-11-13 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan

Rating

rating icon 6.991
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    veteran actress
  2. Ranked #1 for
    glum
  3. Ranked #2 for
    dour subject

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