Top rated dark and disturbing movies with a minimal character development

Check out today’s highest ranked dark and disturbing movies featuring a minimal character development! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best dark and disturbing movies featuring a minimal character development, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Earwig (2022)

Somewhere in Europe, mid-20th century. Albert is employed to look after Mia, a girl with teeth of ice. Mia never leaves their apartment, where the shutters are always closed. The telephone rings regularly and the Master enquires after Mia's wellbeing. Until the day Albert is instructed that he must prepare the child to leave.

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2022-06-15 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Paul Hilton, Romola Garai

Rating

rating icon 5.683
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    atmospherically shot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    visually attractive
  3. Ranked #1 for
    gorgeous photography

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2 Sator (2019)

Secluded in a desolate forest, a broken family is observed by Sator, a supernatural entity who is attempting to claim them.

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2019-07-21 | Horror

Cast

Michael Daniel, Rachel Johnson

Rating

rating icon 5.004
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    moody and atmospheric
  2. Ranked #1 for
    opaque
  3. Ranked #1 for
    foreboding atmosphere

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3 The Outwaters (2023)

Deep in the Mojave desert, under a scorching blood-red sun, four travelers have set up camp to make art. One fateful night, the group is thrust into a feverish tornado of flayed flesh and mind-boggling monstrosities, the likes of which mere humans simply cannot fathom.

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2023-02-09 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Robbie Banfitch, Angela Basolis

Rating

rating icon 4.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pitch black
  2. Ranked #1 for
    brace yourself
  3. Ranked #1 for
    loud sound

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4 The Feast (2021)

A wealthy family hosts a sumptuous dinner, only for a mysterious young server to chillingly unravel their lives with terrifying consequences they could never see coming.

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2021-11-19 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Annes Elwy, Nia Roberts

Rating

rating icon 5.574
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    underlying theme
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slow pace
  3. Ranked #1 for
    disquieting

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5 Lamb (2021)

An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.

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2021-08-12 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason

Rating

rating icon 6.472
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    gorgeous landscape
  2. Ranked #2 for
    snail pace
  3. Ranked #2 for
    undefinable subject

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6 Saint Maud (2020)

Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.

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2020-10-09 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle

Rating

rating icon 6.606
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    deeply unsettling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    paranoid
  3. Ranked #1 for
    bated breath

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7 The Death of Dick Long (2019)

Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.

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2019-09-27 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Michael Abbott Jr., Virginia Newcomb

Rating

rating icon 6.119
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unlikely
  2. Ranked #1 for
    darkly
  3. Ranked #1 for
    white trash

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8 Beanpole (2019)

1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.

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2019-06-20 | Drama / War

Cast

Viktoriya Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dark and dreary
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pastel colors
  3. Ranked #1 for
    desperate

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9 The Other Lamb (2020)

For her entire life, the cult she was born into has been all that teenage Selah has known. Along with a band of similarly cloistered young women she lives seemingly unstuck in time, cut off from modern society in a remote forest commune presided over by a man called Shepherd, a controlling, messiah-like figure with a frightening dark side. But when her insular world is rocked by a series of nightmarish visions and disturbing revelations, Selah begins to question everything about her existence—including her allegiance to the increasingly dangerous Shepherd.

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2020-04-03 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman

Rating

rating icon 5.792
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    lush cinematography
  2. Ranked #1 for
    great cinematography
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sound promising

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10 The Berlin Bride (2019)

Two oddball Berliners discover the abandoned appendages of a mannequin. Separately, and with grotesque consequence, they come to terms with their disjointed mate.

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2019-10-22 | Fantasy / Horror

Cast

Michael Bartlett, Brynmor Jones

Rating

rating icon 4.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    one of rare gems
  2. Ranked #1 for
    haunting soundtrack
  3. Ranked #1 for
    peculiar

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