Top rated poignant movies with a downbeat tone

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

1 Jasper Mall (2020)

A year in the life of a dying shopping mall.

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2020-01-24 | Documentary

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rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    kudos to filmmaker
  2. Ranked #1 for
    former glory
  3. Ranked #3 for
    unkind character

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2 Limbo (2020)

An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.

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2020-09-28 | Drama / Comedy

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Amir ElMasry, Vikash Bhai

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rating icon 6.87
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    awaited
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sullen
  3. Ranked #1 for
    melancholy mood

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3 Ordinary Love (2019)

An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.

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2019-12-06 | Drama / Romance

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Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville

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rating icon 6.877
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    excellent acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    painfully realistic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    subtle

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4 Mogul Mowgli (2020)

Zed, a young British rapper, is about to start his first world tour, when a crippling illness strikes him down, and he is forced to move back in with his family. He tries to find himself between an international music career and Pakistani family traditions.

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2020-10-30 | Music / Drama

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Riz Ahmed, Aiysha Hart

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rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fairly weak
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dream sequence
  3. Ranked #1 for
    proved himself

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5 Sorry We Missed You (2019)

Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.

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2019-10-04 | Drama

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Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood

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rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brutally honest
  2. Ranked #1 for
    uncompromising
  3. Ranked #1 for
    social realism

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6 Ali & Ava (2021)

Sparks fly after Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for Sofia, the child of Ali’s tenants whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness while Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour irresistible. As the pair begin to form a deep connection they have to find a way to keep their newfound passion from being overshadowed by the stresses and struggles of their separate lives and histories.​

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2021-11-12 | Drama / Romance

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Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook

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rating icon 6.893
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    moment of brilliance
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sexually attractive
  3. Ranked #2 for
    most accessible

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7 Utama (2022)

In the Bolivian altiplano, Virginio and Sisa, an elderly Quechua couple who have lived a quiet life for years, face an impossible dilemma during an unusually long drought: resist or be defeated by the hostile environment and the relentless passage of time.

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2022-05-11 | Drama

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José Calcina, Luisa Quispe

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rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    profound impact
  2. Ranked #1 for
    spiritual belief
  3. Ranked #2 for
    assured

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8 On the Count of Three (2022)

Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin, is recovering from a failed suicide attempt, so he seems like the perfect partner for executing this double suicide plan. But before they go, they have some unfinished business to attend to.

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2022-05-13 | Comedy / Drama

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Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott

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rating icon 6.445
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    weighty atmosphere
  2. Ranked #1 for
    down-in-the-dumps character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    serious topic

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9 Swan Song (2021)

An aging hairdresser escapes his nursing home to embark on an odyssey across his small town to style a dead woman's hair for her funeral, rediscovering his sparkle along the way.

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2021-08-06 | Comedy / Drama

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Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge

Rating

rating icon 7.071
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brilliant piece of work
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lisp voice
  3. Ranked #1 for
    last hurrah

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10 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

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Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood

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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
    gentlemanly

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