Top movies with a refreshing take that have a downtrodden character
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a refreshing take featuring a downtrodden character! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a refreshing take featuring a downtrodden character, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Candyman (2021)
Anthony and his partner move into a loft in the now gentrified Cabrini-Green. After a chance encounter with an old-timer exposes Anthony to the true story behind Candyman, he unknowingly opens a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifying wave of violence.
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- 2021-08-25 | Horror / Mystery
Cast
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris
Rating
6.042
2 Boys from County Hell (2021)
A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering Father and Son, must survive the night when they accidentally awaken an ancient Irish vampire.
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- 2021-08-06 | Horror / Comedy
Cast
- Jack Rowan, Nigel O'Neill
Rating
5.521
3 Blood Quantum (2019)
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.
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- 2019-09-05 | Horror
Cast
- Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Rating
5.741
4 Tall Girl (2019)
Jodi, the tallest girl in her high school, has always felt uncomfortable in her own skin. But after years of slouching, being made fun of, and avoiding attention at all costs, Jodi finally decides to find the confidence to stand tall.
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- 2019-09-13 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Ava Michelle, Sabrina Carpenter
Rating
6.326

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5 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
5.934
6 His House (2020)
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
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- 2020-01-27 | Drama / Horror
Cast
- Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku
Rating
6.4
7 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
6.991
8 The Woman King (2022)
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.
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- 2022-09-16 | Action / Drama
Cast
- Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu
Rating
7.674
9 The Forgotten Battle (2021)
In WWII's final years, a soldier in the German army, a British glider pilot, and a Dutch resistance fighter's paths intertwine. Their choices shape destinies, impacting not only their freedom but also that of others.
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- 2021-06-05 | Action / War
Cast
- Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters
Rating
7.1
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
8.154