Top rated keeping attention movies with a downbeat tone

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

1 Butchers (2020)

A family of sadistic butchers lives deep inside the backcountry. From the dead of winter to the dog days of summer, anyone who crosses their path is dead meat.

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2020-10-15 | Horror

Cast

Simon Phillips, Michael Swatton

Rating

rating icon 5.134
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    hillbilly
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lacking originality
  3. Ranked #1 for
    heavily influenced

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2 The Stranger (2022)

Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other an undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship becomes the core of this tightly wrought thriller, which is based on the true story of one of the largest investigations and undercover operations in Australia.

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2022-10-06 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    hard-pressed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    attention grabbing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    credible performance

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3 Never Grow Old (2019)

An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful town, but his own family come under threat as the death toll increases dramatically.

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2019-03-15 | Western

Cast

Emile Hirsch, John Cusack

Rating

rating icon 6.024
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    grim and gritty
  2. Ranked #1 for
    downright nasty
  3. Ranked #1 for
    dark

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4 Rent-A-Pal (2020)

Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor named David searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother. While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape called Rent-A-Pal. Hosted by the charming and charismatic Andy, the tape offers him much-needed company, compassion, and friendship. But Andy's friendship comes at a cost, and David desperately struggles to afford the price of admission.

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2020-10-11 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Brian Landis Folkins, Wil Wheaton

Rating

rating icon 6.414
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    lonely character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    watching indispensably
  3. Ranked #2 for
    messing with head

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5 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

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6 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
    psychological mystery
  3. Ranked #2 for
    begging the question

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7 I Am All Girls (2021)

A special crimes investigator forms an unlikely bond with a serial killer to bring down a global child sex trafficking syndicate.

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2021-05-14 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Erica Wessels, Deon Lotz

Rating

rating icon 6.587
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tricky subject
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sensitive topic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    comeuppance

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8 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
    spoiled brat
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ridiculous premise
  3. Ranked #1 for
    jolly character

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9 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
    roguish
  2. Ranked #3 for
    with a bag of popcorn
  3. Ranked #3 for
    most puzzling

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10 The Unforgivable (2021)

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

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2021-11-24 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis

Rating

rating icon 7.446
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unforgivable
  2. Ranked #2 for
    straight dramatic acting
  3. Ranked #3 for
    convincing

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