Top rated dark and disturbing movies with sheer spectacle

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

1 Mad God (2021)

A figure known as "The Assassin" descends from the heavens into a nightmarish pit full of monsters, titans, and cruelty.

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2021-09-17 | Animation / Fantasy

Cast

Alex Cox, Niketa Roman

Rating

rating icon 6.886
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with artistry
  2. Ranked #1 for
    demanding multiple views
  3. Ranked #1 for
    technically impressive directing

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Mad God trailer
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2 Nope (2022)

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

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2022-07-20 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer

Rating

rating icon 6.847
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    cinematic spectacle
  2. Ranked #4 for
    tangential
  3. Ranked #4 for
    otherworldly

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Nope trailer
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3 She Will (2022)

Veronica, an aging film star, retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse Desi to recover from a double mastectomy. While there, mysterious forces give Veronica the power to enact revenge within her dreams.

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2022-07-15 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Alice Krige, Kota Eberhardt

Rating

rating icon 5.515
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    glued to seat
  2. Ranked #1 for
    glued to screen
  3. Ranked #1 for
    haunting visual

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She Will trailer
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4 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
    evoking
  2. Ranked #1 for
    startling
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unpleasant

Trailer

The Golden Glove trailer
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5 The Sadness (2021)

A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they attempt to be reunited amid the chaos of a pandemic outbreak. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things imaginable.

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2021-01-22 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Berant Zhu, Regina Lei

Rating

rating icon 6.805
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    gore factor
  2. Ranked #1 for
    demented
  3. Ranked #1 for
    Splatter Movie

Trailer

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6 Crimes of the Future (2022)

With his partner, a celebrity performance artist publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. An investigator from the National Organ Registry obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed... Their mission — to use the artist's notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.

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2022-05-25 | Science Fiction / Horror

Cast

Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux

Rating

rating icon 6.066
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    corporeal theme
  2. Ranked #2 for
    exhibitionist
  3. Ranked #2 for
    freakish

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Crimes of the Future trailer
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7 Pearl (2022)

Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.

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2022-09-16 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Mia Goth, Tandi Wright

Rating

rating icon 7.289
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    deranged
  2. Ranked #1 for
    emo character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    glorious technicolor

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8 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)

Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

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2019-10-16 | Family / Fantasy

Cast

Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning

Rating

rating icon 7.308
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fey
  2. Ranked #2 for
    gossamer
  3. Ranked #3 for
    matchless

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil trailer
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9 The Northman (2022)

Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.

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2022-04-07 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman

Rating

rating icon 7.066
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    epic
  2. Ranked #2 for
    mystical story
  3. Ranked #2 for
    epic feeling

Trailer

The Northman trailer
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10 Underwater (2020)

After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.

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2020-01-08 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel

Rating

rating icon 6.286
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Monster Movie
  2. Ranked #2 for
    respite
  3. Ranked #4 for
    claustrophobic

Trailer

Underwater trailer
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