Top rated dark and brooding movies with an artistic approach

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

1 Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.

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2019-09-06 | Drama / History

Cast

Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp

Rating

rating icon 5.928
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    snail pace
  2. Ranked #1 for
    distinctive directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    barbaric

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2 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 5.954
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People's Taste Ranking

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

Trailer

True History of the Kelly Gang trailer
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3 Charlatan (2020)

Born in the early 20th century, herbalist Jan Mikolasek became rich and famous after curing countless diseases with unorthodox means. A true emblem of Czechoslovakia before World War II, the healer became even more appreciated during the Nazi occupation and the communist regime. Each regime appreciates his skill and protects him. But how much will it cost him to maintain his status in a new political change?

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2020-08-20 | Drama

Cast

Josef Trojan, Ivan Trojan

Rating

rating icon 6.765
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    loose plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    clear answer
  3. Ranked #1 for
    narrow view

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4 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 6.952
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    noir lighting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    low-key performance
  3. Ranked #1 for
    atmospheric photography

Trailer

The Tragedy of Macbeth trailer
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5 A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)

The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr. Big, she's forced into taking drastic action to protect her children, evolving from downtrodden submissive to take-charge vigilante.

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2019-10-25 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg

Rating

rating icon 6.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    different approach
  2. Ranked #2 for
    social realism
  3. Ranked #2 for
    perfectly watchable

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A Good Woman Is Hard to Find trailer
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6 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 7.683
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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

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7 Gretel & Hansel (2020)

A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

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2020-01-30 | Fantasy / Horror

Cast

Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    visually rich
  2. Ranked #2 for
    grim atmosphere
  3. Ranked #3 for
    beautiful lighting

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8 The Novice (2021)

A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.

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2021-12-17 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth

Rating

rating icon 6.503
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unmatched
  2. Ranked #1 for
    less ambitious
  3. Ranked #1 for
    monomaniacal

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The Novice trailer
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9 We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2019)

In Shirleyville, Vermont, during the sixties, sisters Merricat and Constance, along with their ailing uncle Julian, confined to a wheelchair, live isolated in a big mansion located on the hill overlooking the town, tormented by the memories of a family tragedy occurred six years ago. The arrival of cousin Charles will threaten the fragile equilibrium of their minds, haunted by madness, fear and superstition.

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2019-05-17 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario

Rating

rating icon 5.505
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    air of mystery
  2. Ranked #1 for
    handsomely produced
  3. Ranked #2 for
    loony character

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle trailer
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10 The Power of the Dog (2021)

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

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2021-10-25 | Drama / Western

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst

Rating

rating icon 6.786
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    painfully slow
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Oscar nomination deserving
  3. Ranked #1 for
    extraordinary

Trailer

The Power of the Dog trailer
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