Top rated legendary movies with a downbeat tone

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

1 Pinocchio (2019)

In this live-action adaptation of the beloved fairytale, old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, encountering magical beasts, fantastical spectacles, while making friends and foes along his journey. However, his dream is to become a real boy, which can only come true if he finally changes his ways.

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2019-12-19 | Drama / Family

Cast

Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    visual treat
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fully engaging
  3. Ranked #1 for
    full of symbolism

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Pinocchio trailer
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2 The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

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2021-12-05 | Drama / War

Cast

Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand

Rating

rating icon 6.943
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    noir lighting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    atmospheric photography
  3. Ranked #1 for
    chiaroscuro

Trailer

The Tragedy of Macbeth trailer
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3 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
    raw
  3. Ranked #2 for
    disturbingly realistic

Trailer

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4 Ammonite (2020)

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.

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2020-11-13 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan

Rating

rating icon 6.991
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    veteran actress
  2. Ranked #1 for
    glum
  3. Ranked #2 for
    acting with subtle gesture

Trailer

Ammonite trailer
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5 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 and edgy
  3. Ranked #1 for
    like Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio trailer
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6 Judy (2019)

Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and fans and begins a whirlwind romance with musician Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.

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2019-09-27 | Drama / History

Cast

Renée Zellweger, Finn Wittrock

Rating

rating icon 6.717
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tragic hero
  2. Ranked #1 for
    career-defining performance
  3. Ranked #1 for
    career-defining role

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7 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

Trailer

Emancipation trailer
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8 True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)

Set against the badlands of Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly discovers he comes from a line of Irish rebels — an uncompromising army of cross dressing bandits immortalised for terrorising their oppressors back in Ireland. Fuelled by the unfair arrest of his mother, Kelly recruits a wild bunch of warriors to plot one of the most audacious attacks of anarchy and rebellion the country has ever seen.

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2019-11-23 | Crime / Drama

Cast

George MacKay, Nicholas Hoult

Rating

rating icon 5.934
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    well-groomed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    beaten
  3. Ranked #1 for
    clean-shaven

Trailer

True History of the Kelly Gang trailer
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9 Mad God (2021)

A figure known as "The Assassin" descends from the heavens into a nightmarish pit full of monsters, titans, and cruelty.

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2021-09-17 | Animation / Fantasy

Cast

Alex Cox, Niketa Roman

Rating

rating icon 6.886
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nightmarish
  2. Ranked #1 for
    visual marvel
  3. Ranked #1 for
    very good

Trailer

Mad God trailer
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10 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.

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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
    great acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  3. Ranked #1 for
    mentally unstable

Trailer

Joker trailer
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