Top rated dark and dreary movies with a refreshing take

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

1 FX's A Christmas Carol (2019)

London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.

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2019-12-19 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis

Rating

rating icon 7.077
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    miserly
  2. Ranked #1 for
    darkest
  3. Ranked #1 for
    faithful rendition

Trailer

FX's A Christmas Carol trailer
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2 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
    dark and gritty
  2. Ranked #1 for
    brooding
  3. Ranked #2 for
    emo character

Trailer

The Batman trailer
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3 Gretel & Hansel (2020)

A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

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2020-01-30 | Fantasy / Horror

Cast

Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    stylish shooting
  2. Ranked #2 for
    grim atmosphere
  3. Ranked #2 for
    visually rich

Trailer

Gretel & Hansel trailer
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4 Mope (2019)

The tragic true story of best friends Steve Driver and Tom Dong, two low end porn actors who sought fame but gained infamy.

Info

2019-06-15 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Kelly Sry

Rating

rating icon 5.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    seedy underworld
  2. Ranked #1 for
    seamy subject
  3. Ranked #2 for
    bleak and depressing

Trailer

Mope trailer
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5 Juniper (2021)

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.

Info

2021-08-26 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Charlotte Rampling, Marton Csokas

Rating

rating icon 6.595
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pill-popping
  2. Ranked #1 for
    alienated
  3. Ranked #1 for
    relative newcomer

Trailer

Juniper trailer
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6 Back Roads (2019)

A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.

Info

2019-11-15 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Alex Pettyfer, Jennifer Morrison

Rating

rating icon 6.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dark and twisted
  2. Ranked #2 for
    logical progression
  3. Ranked #2 for
    tragic result

Trailer

Back Roads trailer
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7 Offseason (2022)

Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave has been vandalized, Marie travels to the desolate island town where she's buried. Just as she arrives, the island closes for the season, leaving Marie trapped in a nightmare.

Info

2022-03-11 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Jocelin Donahue, Joe Swanberg

Rating

rating icon 5.286
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    huge letdown
  2. Ranked #1 for
    crisper
  3. Ranked #1 for
    mysterious

Trailer

Offseason trailer
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8 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.

Info

2022-11-09 | Animation / Fantasy

Cast

Ewan McGregor, David Bradley

Rating

rating icon 8.096
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dark tone
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dark and edgy
  3. Ranked #1 for
    like Fantastic Mr. Fox

Trailer

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio trailer
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9 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.

Info

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

Unearth trailer
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10 My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020)

Dwight and his sister Jessie reach a crossroads over what to do about their little brother Thomas, a sickly child with a mysterious affliction.

Info

2020-10-13 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Patrick Fugit, Ingrid Sophie Schram

Rating

rating icon 5.96
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    plot hinges
  2. Ranked #2 for
    beautifully put together
  3. Ranked #2 for
    kind of boring

Trailer

My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To trailer
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