Top rated dark and dreary movies with wasted potential

Check out today’s highest ranked dark and dreary movies with wasted potential! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best dark and dreary movies with wasted potential, 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 Triggered (2020)

Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help - until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other.

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2020-08-28 | Horror / Action

Cast

Liesl Ahlers, Reine Swart

Rating

rating icon 5.297
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stingy character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    attractive female
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sheer fun

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3 The Reckoning (2021)

In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her landlord, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. She must endure physical persecution at the hands of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter and face her own inner demons as the devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.

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2021-02-05 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tepid plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    late night movie
  3. Ranked #2 for
    interesting ending

Trailer

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4 Cryptid (2022)

A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.

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2022-10-07 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Nicholas Baroudi, Ellen Adair

Rating

rating icon 3.667
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    never boring
  2. Ranked #1 for
    satisfying climax
  3. Ranked #1 for
    feeling a little rushed

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5 The Dark and the Wicked (2020)

On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

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2020-10-29 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr.

Rating

rating icon 6.167
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unnerving
  2. Ranked #1 for
    atmospheric
  3. Ranked #1 for
    very haunting

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6 Vesper (2022)

After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.

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2022-08-17 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan

Rating

rating icon 6.396
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    post-apocalyptic future
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slimy cast
  3. Ranked #2 for
    orwellian

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7 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
    misty
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cheerless
  3. Ranked #1 for
    half-baked

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8 Lost Girls & Love Hotels (2020)

Searching for escape in Tokyo's back alleys, a haunted English teacher explores love and lust with a dashing Yakuza, as their tumultuous affair takes her on a journey through the city's dive bars and three-hour love hotels.

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2020-09-18 | Drama

Cast

Alexandra Daddario, Takehiro Hira

Rating

rating icon 5.39
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    dull affair
  2. Ranked #2 for
    rather dull
  3. Ranked #3 for
    tedious

Trailer

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9 The Vanishing (2019)

Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.

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2019-01-04 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan

Rating

rating icon 5.73
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    barely intelligible
  2. Ranked #2 for
    begging the question
  3. Ranked #2 for
    psychological mystery

Trailer

The Vanishing trailer
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10 Settlers (2021)

Remmy and her parents, refugees from Earth, have found peace on the Martian outskirts until strangers appear in the hills beyond their farm. Told as a triptych, the film follows Remmy as she struggles to survive in an uneasy landscape.

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2021-07-23 | Science Fiction / Thriller

Cast

Sofia Boutella, Ismael Cruz Córdova

Rating

rating icon 4.895
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #7 for
    dissatisfying
  2. Ranked #7 for
    dreary
  3. Ranked #8 for
    unfulfilling

Trailer

Settlers trailer
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