Top rated definitely Oscar-deserving movies with a downbeat tone

Check out today’s highest ranked definitely Oscar-deserving movies with a downbeat tone! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best definitely Oscar-deserving movies with a downbeat tone, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Night in Paradise (2020)

An assassin named Tae-goo is offered a chance to switch sides with his rival Bukseong gang, headed by Chairman Doh. Tae-goo rejects the offer that results in the murder of his sister and niece. In revenge, Tae-goo brutally kills Chairman Doh and his men and flees to Jeju Island where he meets Jae-yeon, a terminally ill woman. Though, the henchman of the Bukseong gang, Executive Ma is mercilessly hunting Tae-goo to take revenge.

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2020-09-03 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Um Tae-goo, Jeon Yeo-been

Rating

rating icon 6.929
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Oscar deserving
  2. Ranked #1 for
    violent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    violent acting

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Night in Paradise trailer
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2 The Lighthouse (2019)

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

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2019-10-18 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe

Rating

rating icon 7.509
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely insane
  2. Ranked #1 for
    crazy
  3. Ranked #1 for
    iconography

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3 Emancipation (2022)

Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of love and endurance.

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2022-12-02 | Drama / War

Cast

Will Smith, Ben Foster

Rating

rating icon 7.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    muted colors
  2. Ranked #1 for
    desaturated
  3. Ranked #2 for
    sepia tone

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Emancipation trailer
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4 The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

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2022-10-20 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson

Rating

rating icon 7.459
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    superb acting
  2. Ranked #2 for
    great story
  3. Ranked #2 for
    depressing

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The Banshees of Inisherin trailer
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5 To Leslie (2022)

A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life and find redemption.

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2022-10-07 | Drama

Cast

Andrea Riseborough, Andre Royo

Rating

rating icon 7.014
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    award-deserving
  2. Ranked #1 for
    deserving nods from Oscars
  3. Ranked #1 for
    good editing

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6 All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

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2022-10-07 | Drama / War

Cast

Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch

Rating

rating icon 7.732
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    visceral
  2. Ranked #2 for
    disturbingly realistic
  3. Ranked #2 for
    remarkable

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7 Nomadland (2021)

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

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2021-01-29 | Drama

Cast

Frances McDormand, David Strathairn

Rating

rating icon 7.207
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    rootless character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    overrated
  3. Ranked #2 for
    shortlisted

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8 Living (2022)

London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.

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2022-11-04 | Drama

Cast

Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood

Rating

rating icon 7.021
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    telling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    able supporting actor
  3. Ranked #2 for
    low-key performance

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9 Jojo Rabbit (2019)

A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

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2019-10-18 | Comedy / War

Cast

Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie

Rating

rating icon 8.022
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tragicomic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    comical
  3. Ranked #1 for
    serious drama

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10 Clemency (2019)

Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.

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2019-12-27 | Drama

Cast

Alfre Woodard, Richard Schiff

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    towering
  2. Ranked #1 for
    rising above material
  3. Ranked #2 for
    botched

Trailer

Clemency trailer
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