Top rated dark and gritty movies with a plenty of twist

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

1 Blue Story (2019)

Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a friendship with Marco, a charismatic, streetwise kid from the local area. Although from warring postcodes, the two quickly form a firm friendship until it is tested and they wind up on rival sides of a street war. Blue Story depicts elements of Rapman's own personal experiences and aspects of his childhood.

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2019-11-22 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Stephen Odubola, Micheal Ward

Rating

rating icon 7.284
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    too quick
  2. Ranked #1 for
    perfectly executed
  3. Ranked #1 for
    glorifying

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2 Locusts (2020)

Two estranged brothers who are reluctantly reunited in their remote hometown at their father's funeral, become the target of an extortion scam at the hands of a gang of violent local thugs.

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2020-12-03 | Thriller

Cast

Ben Geurens, Jessica McNamee

Rating

rating icon 5.222
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    worth checking out
  2. Ranked #1 for
    thuggish
  3. Ranked #1 for
    underlying concept

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3 Rust Creek (2019)

When an overachieving college senior makes a wrong turn, her road trip becomes a life-changing fight for survival in rural Kentucky.

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2019-01-04 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson

Rating

rating icon 6.367
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    redneck
  2. Ranked #1 for
    totally absurd
  3. Ranked #1 for
    good ole boy

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4 Cicada Song (2019)

Karen is a tough, corn fed, outspoken, farm manager who cares about the people she works for and the migrant people who work for her. When one of her farmhands approaches her about a little girl that has recently disappeared, she becomes closer to her employees than she ever thought possible. But, when her lover, Annabelle, disappears, the bubble Karen lives in bursts and she begins an investigation only to uncover something dark in the little town she grew up in.

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2019-09-27 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Lyndsey Lantz, Jenny Mesa

Rating

rating icon 5.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    eagerly awaited
  2. Ranked #1 for
    good pace
  3. Ranked #1 for
    good directing

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5 Eye for an Eye (2019)

Mario, an exemplary man, lives in a village on the Galician coast. In the old people’s home, where he works as a nurse, everyone appreciates him. When the best known narco in the area, Antonio Padín, recently released from prison, enters the residence, Mario tries to make Antonio feel at home. Now, Padín's two sons, Kike and Toño, are in charge of the family business. The failure of an operation will put Kike in jail and cause them to owe a large debt to a Colombian supplier. Toño will turn to the nurse to try to convince his father to assume the debt. But Mario has his own plans.

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2019-08-30 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Luis Tosar, María Vázquez

Rating

rating icon 6.667
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    implacable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    act of revenge
  3. Ranked #2 for
    suffering wife

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6 What Josiah Saw (2021)

A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.

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2021-08-13 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Robert Patrick, Nick Stahl

Rating

rating icon 5.983
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    utterly convincing acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    above par
  3. Ranked #2 for
    sense of dread

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7 The Gentlemen (2020)

American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

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2020-01-23 | Action / Crime

Cast

Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam

Rating

rating icon 7.678
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    clever and witty dialogue
  2. Ranked #1 for
    with cockney accent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    stroke of genius

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8 The Expat (2022)

A PTSD stricken former American Marine on vacation in the Philippines becomes the prime suspect in a series of murders of his romantic partners.

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2022-05-24 | Thriller

Cast

Lev Gorn, Mon Confiado

Rating

rating icon 2.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    unexpected twists and turns
  2. Ranked #3 for
    most talented
  3. Ranked #5 for
    worth owning

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9 Lou (2022)

A young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their journey will test their limits and expose the dark secrets of their past.

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2022-09-23 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett

Rating

rating icon 6.535
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    refreshing break
  2. Ranked #1 for
    piece de resistance
  3. Ranked #1 for
    refreshing change of pace

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10 Mafia Inc. (2020)

The Gamache, tailors from father to son, have been dressing the Mafia family Paternò for three generation. Vincent "Vince" Gamache works on behalf of Frank the godfather with his eldest son Giaco. Vince, reckless and rash, seeks to earn his stripes by impressing the godfather. Without the Paternò knowing, he stages a big operation and is promoted. Fuming with jealousy, Giaco discovers that Vince committed a monstrous act during his stroke. The Gamache disown Vince and war begins.

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2020-02-14 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Sergio Castellitto, Marc-André Grondin

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    like The Godfather
  2. Ranked #2 for
    competent acting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    wonderful acting

Trailer

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