Top rated downer movies with a unique spin

Check out today’s highest ranked downer movies with a unique spin! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best downer movies with a unique spin, 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
    timeless
  2. Ranked #1 for
    darkest
  3. Ranked #1 for
    miserly

Trailer

FX's A Christmas Carol trailer
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2 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
    dislikeable
  2. Ranked #2 for
    downer
  3. Ranked #2 for
    soul-crushing

Trailer

Silent Night trailer
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3 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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4 The Deep House (2021)

While diving in a remote French lake, a couple of YouTubers who specialise in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in the deep waters. What was initially a unique finding soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that the house was the scene of atrocious crimes. Trapped, with their oxygen reserves falling dangerously, they realise the worst is yet to come: they are not alone in the house.

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2021-06-30 | Horror

Cast

James Jagger, Camille Rowe

Rating

rating icon 6.051
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    claustrophobic
  2. Ranked #2 for
    novel concept
  3. Ranked #2 for
    American Gothic

Trailer

The Deep House trailer
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5 Spontaneous (2020)

When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.

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2020-10-02 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer

Rating

rating icon 6.859
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    out of nowhere
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unplanned
  3. Ranked #2 for
    for dramedy fans

Trailer

Spontaneous trailer
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6 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.

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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
    undeniable classic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dark tone
  3. Ranked #1 for
    dark and edgy

Trailer

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio trailer
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7 Fatman (2020)

A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.

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2020-10-19 | Action / Comedy

Cast

Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    ridiculous premise
  2. Ranked #1 for
    one of the greatest
  3. Ranked #1 for
    jolly character

Trailer

Fatman trailer
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8 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
    alienated
  2. Ranked #1 for
    relative newcomer
  3. Ranked #1 for
    pill-popping

Trailer

Juniper trailer
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9 Joker (2019)

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

Info

2019-10-01 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro

Rating

rating icon 8.154
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    maniac
  2. Ranked #1 for
    great acting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    evil genius

Trailer

Joker trailer
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10 The Lodge (2020)

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

Info

2020-01-16 | Horror

Cast

Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell

Rating

rating icon 6.119
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #5 for
    mentally unstable
  2. Ranked #6 for
    spine-tingling
  3. Ranked #7 for
    eerie mood

Trailer

The Lodge trailer
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