Top rated Thriller movies with gritty atmosphere

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

1 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
    brooding
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dark and gritty
  3. Ranked #2 for
    darkest

Trailer

The Batman trailer
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2 The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)

After barely surviving a violent attack by an elusive serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su finds himself forming an unlikely partnership with local detective Jung Tae-seok to catch the sadistic killer simply known as K.

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2019-05-15 | Crime / Action

Cast

Ma Dong-seok, Kim Moo-yul

Rating

rating icon 7.79
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    gritty atmosphere
  2. Ranked #1 for
    perfectly acceptable
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sticky ending

Trailer

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil trailer
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3 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
    too slow-paced
  2. Ranked #1 for
    somber mood
  3. Ranked #1 for
    dark mood

Trailer

The Stranger trailer
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4 Limbo (2021)

Veteran detective Cham works with rookie cop Will to hunt down the city's serial killer. The investigation leads them to a lair littered with dismembered female limbs, and an ex-con who killed Cham's wife and child years ago...

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2021-11-18 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Gordon Lam, Liu Yase

Rating

rating icon 7.387
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    seedy underbelly
  2. Ranked #1 for
    nihilistic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    saturated imagery

Trailer

Limbo trailer
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5 The Golden Glove (2019)

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

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2019-02-21 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Jonas Dassler, Margarethe Tiesel

Rating

rating icon 6.938
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unpleasant
  2. Ranked #1 for
    attractive blonde
  3. Ranked #1 for
    repellent

Trailer

The Golden Glove trailer
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6 Hunter Hunter (2020)

A fur trapper leaves his wife and daughter behind to kill a rogue wolf in the remote wilderness, but they soon become increasingly worried when their peaceful existence is disrupted.

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2020-12-18 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Camille Sullivan, Summer H. Howell

Rating

rating icon 6.343
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    woah
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lumberjack
  3. Ranked #1 for
    real shocker

Trailer

Hunter Hunter trailer
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7 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
    lovecraftian
  2. Ranked #1 for
    iconography
  3. Ranked #1 for
    crazy

Trailer

The Lighthouse trailer
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8 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
    academy award deserving
  2. Ranked #1 for
    violent acting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    violent

Trailer

Night in Paradise trailer
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9 The Isle (2019)

1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' survival story has only just started as they uncover the strange past of the once vibrant island.

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2019-02-08 | Thriller / Adventure

Cast

Conleth Hill, Alex Hassell

Rating

rating icon 4.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    completely boring
  2. Ranked #1 for
    awfully slow
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sluggish pace

Trailer

The Isle trailer
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10 7500 (2019)

When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.

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2019-12-26 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar

Rating

rating icon 6.15
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most realistic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    realistic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    disturbingly realistic

Trailer

7500 trailer
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