Top rated dark and disturbing movies with a reluctant hero

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

1 Earwig (2022)

Somewhere in Europe, mid-20th century. Albert is employed to look after Mia, a girl with teeth of ice. Mia never leaves their apartment, where the shutters are always closed. The telephone rings regularly and the Master enquires after Mia's wellbeing. Until the day Albert is instructed that he must prepare the child to leave.

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2022-06-15 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Paul Hilton, Romola Garai

Rating

rating icon 5.683
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    gorgeous photography
  2. Ranked #1 for
    visually attractive
  3. Ranked #1 for
    atmospherically shot

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2 Brightburn (2019)

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

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2019-05-09 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Jackson A. Dunn, Elizabeth Banks

Rating

rating icon 6.135
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    evil incarnated
  2. Ranked #2 for
    evil character
  3. Ranked #3 for
    lack of character development

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3 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
    mentally unstable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    maniac
  3. Ranked #1 for
    great acting

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4 The Hater (2020)

A duplicitous young man finds success in the dark world of social media smear tactics — but his virtual vitriol soon has violent real-life consequences.

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2020-03-06 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Maciej Musiałowski, Vanessa Aleksander

Rating

rating icon 6.922
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pretty messed up
  2. Ranked #1 for
    society in general
  3. Ranked #1 for
    pathological

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5 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
    brooding
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dark and gritty
  3. Ranked #2 for
    knocking socks off

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6 Gundala (2019)

Sancaka has lived on the streets since his parents left him. Living a hard life, Sancaka survives by thinking about his own safety. When the condition of the city gets worse and injustice rages throughout the country, Sancaka must decide whether he continues to live to look after himself or rise to become their oppressed hero.

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2019-08-29 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Abimana Aryasatya, Tara Basro

Rating

rating icon 6.236
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    based on movieverse
  2. Ranked #1 for
    bit stiff acting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    henchman

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7 Never Grow Old (2019)

An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful town, but his own family come under threat as the death toll increases dramatically.

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2019-03-15 | Western

Cast

Emile Hirsch, John Cusack

Rating

rating icon 6.024
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    undesirable character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    God-fearing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    grim

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8 The Wretched (2020)

A rebellious teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, encounters a terrifying evil after his next-door neighbor becomes possessed by an ancient witch that feasts on children.

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2020-03-09 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda

Rating

rating icon 6.059
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    open for sequel
  2. Ranked #1 for
    decent
  3. Ranked #2 for
    real nice

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9 The Painted Bird (2019)

A young boy wanders Eastern Europe during World War II.

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2019-09-12 | War / Drama

Cast

Petr Kotlár, Nina Šunevič

Rating

rating icon 7.073
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    act of cruelty
  2. Ranked #2 for
    grossest
  3. Ranked #2 for
    unspeakable act

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10 I Care a Lot (2021)

A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.

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2021-02-19 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage

Rating

rating icon 6.604
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    loathsome
  2. Ranked #1 for
    completely implausible
  3. Ranked #1 for
    feeling played

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