Top rated for in-depth character study movies that are also gritty and violent

Check out today’s highest ranked for in-depth character study and gritty and violent movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are for in-depth character study and gritty and violent, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Move Me No Mountain (2023)

When realtor Jenna can no longer deal with the crushing guilt of her daughters death, she walks out of society to sleep rough on the streets of Vegas.

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2023-02-21 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Cat Lellie, Nicholas Roylance

Rating

rating icon 2.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    soul-stirring
  2. Ranked #1 for
    beautifully composed
  3. Ranked #1 for
    showing seedy side

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2 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

rating icon 8.154
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    maniac
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  3. Ranked #1 for
    great acting

Trailer

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3 Red Rocket (2021)

Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, former porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems to be making things work, Mikey meets a young woman named Strawberry working the cash register at a local doughnut shop.

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2021-12-10 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Simon Rex, Suzanna Son

Rating

rating icon 6.766
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    likable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    feeling incomplete
  3. Ranked #1 for
    cult icon

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4 To Leslie (2022)

A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life and find redemption.

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2022-10-07 | Drama

Cast

Andrea Riseborough, Andre Royo

Rating

rating icon 7.014
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    good editing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    award-deserving
  3. Ranked #1 for
    deserving nods from Oscars

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5 Emily the Criminal (2022)

Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.

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2022-08-12 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi

Rating

rating icon 6.69
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    persuasive acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    believable
  3. Ranked #1 for
    convincing

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6 Working Man (2019)

When the last factory in a small Rust Belt town closes its doors, an unlikely hero emerges in dutiful, quiet Allery Parkes. A career employee of the factory, the aging Allery can't reconcile how to live a life simply sitting at home doing nothing. Against the advice and pleas of his loving wife Iola, he forms an unlikely friendship with his charismatic neighbor Walter Brewer in order to revive the defunct factory.

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2019-02-02 | Drama

Cast

Peter Gerety, Billy Brown

Rating

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    personal experience
  2. Ranked #2 for
    pleasing result
  3. Ranked #3 for
    disproportionate

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7 Cuck (2019)

Ronnie is a young white male, struggling with the pressures of life. He’s unemployed, rejected from the military for being mentally unstable, and lives at home with his ailing and nagging mother. Ronnie finds an outlet for his frustration online. The alt-right community gives him a place to belong and absolves his personal responsibility.

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2019-10-04 | Drama

Cast

Zachary Ray Sherman, Sally Kirkland

Rating

rating icon 4.214
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    accurate depiction
  2. Ranked #1 for
    moron
  3. Ranked #1 for
    cardboard cutouts

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8 Blue Story (2019)

Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a friendship with Marco, a charismatic, streetwise kid from the local area. Although from warring postcodes, the two quickly form a firm friendship until it is tested and they wind up on rival sides of a street war. Blue Story depicts elements of Rapman's own personal experiences and aspects of his childhood.

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2019-11-22 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Stephen Odubola, Micheal Ward

Rating

rating icon 7.293
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    glorifying
  2. Ranked #1 for
    too quick
  3. Ranked #1 for
    perfectly executed

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9 Six Years Gone (2022)

Six years ago, single mother Carrie Dawson suffered every parent's worst nightmare. Now she seeks redemption.

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2022-08-29 | Drama

Cast

Veronica Jean Trickett, Sarah Priddy

Rating

rating icon 0.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    top mark
  2. Ranked #1 for
    intense drama
  3. Ranked #1 for
    emotional punch

Trailer

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10 Belfast (2021)

Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the conflict will pass or leave everything they know behind for a new life.

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2021-11-12 | Drama / History

Cast

Jude Hill, Caitríona Balfe

Rating

rating icon 7.092
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    good story
  2. Ranked #1 for
    boyhood
  3. Ranked #1 for
    growing up

Trailer

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