Top rated dark and dreary movies with thin writing

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

1 Black Crab (2022)

To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

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2022-03-18 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Noomi Rapace, Jakob Oftebro

Rating

rating icon 6.27
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    semblance of reality
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unremitting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    insensible

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Black Crab trailer
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2 The Card Counter (2021)

William Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk. But keeping Cirk on the straight-and-narrow proves impossible, dragging Tell back into the darkness of his past.

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2021-09-03 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish

Rating

rating icon 6.131
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    with a bag of popcorn
  2. Ranked #3 for
    most puzzling
  3. Ranked #3 for
    seedy topic

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The Card Counter trailer
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3 The Rhythm Section (2020)

When she discovers the plane crash that claimed the lives of her family was no accident, Stephanie Patrick enters the dark, complex world of international espionage seeking vengeance. With nothing left to lose, Stephanie transforms from victim to assassin and discovers that neither revenge nor the truth are what they appear.

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2020-01-31 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Blake Lively, Jude Law

Rating

rating icon 5.52
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    engaging directing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    zesty
  3. Ranked #2 for
    uninteresting

Trailer

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

Trailer

Widow's Walk trailer
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5 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
    downer
  2. Ranked #2 for
    soul-crushing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    dislikeable

Trailer

Silent Night trailer
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6 Slapface (2022)

A boy deals with the loss of his mother by creating a relationship with a dangerous monster.

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2022-04-21 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

August Maturo, Mike C. Manning

Rating

rating icon 5.99
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    disciplined
  2. Ranked #2 for
    kind of cute
  3. Ranked #3 for
    most terrifying

Trailer

Slapface trailer
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7 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.

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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
    appropriately creepy

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My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To trailer
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8 R.M.N. (2022)

A few days before Christmas, having quit his job in Germany, Matthias returns to his Transylvanian village. He wishes to involve himself more in the education of his son, Rudi, left for too long in the care of his mother, Ana, and to rid him of the unresolved fears that have gripped him. He’s also eager to see his ex-lover Csilla and preoccupied about his old father, Otto. When a few new workers are hired at the small factory that Csilla manages, the peace of the community is disturbed, underlying fears grip the adults, and frustrations, conflicts and passions erupt through the thin sliver of apparent understanding and calm.

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2022-06-03 | Drama

Cast

Marin Grigore, Judith State

Rating

rating icon 6.965
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dialectic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    well-knitted
  3. Ranked #1 for
    prejudiced

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R.M.N. trailer
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9 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
    with moments of tenderness
  2. Ranked #1 for
    elegiac
  3. Ranked #1 for
    soporific

Trailer

The World to Come trailer
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10 The Sadness (2021)

A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they attempt to be reunited amid the chaos of a pandemic outbreak. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things imaginable.

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2021-01-22 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Berant Zhu, Regina Lei

Rating

rating icon 6.805
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most disturbing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    not for the faint-hearted
  3. Ranked #1 for
    overly gory

Trailer

The Sadness trailer
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