Top rated movies with low-key lighting that have smart writing

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with low-key lighting and smart writing! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with low-key lighting and smart writing, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Nanny (2022)

Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City, finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and a growing rage.

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2022-11-23 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan

Rating

rating icon 5.298
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    holding interest
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ending rather abruptly
  3. Ranked #1 for
    tacked on

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2 Murina (2022)

A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.

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2022-04-08 | Drama

Cast

Gracija Filipović, Danica Ćurčić

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brilliant script
  2. Ranked #1 for
    interpersonal relation
  3. Ranked #1 for
    wonderful writing

Trailer

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3 The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (2019)

After a mass shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon finds himself unwittingly forced out of retirement when he realizes that the killer belongs to the same militia he joined after quitting the force. Understanding that the shooting could set off a chain reaction of copycat violence across the country, Gannon quarantines his fellow militiamen in the remote lumber mill they call their headquarters. There, he sets about a series of grueling interrogations, intent on ferreting out the killer and turning him over to the authorities to prevent further bloodshed.

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2019-01-18 | Crime / Drama

Cast

James Badge Dale, Brian Geraghty

Rating

rating icon 6.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    clever plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    crisp dialogue
  3. Ranked #1 for
    contrived plot

Trailer

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4 Fortune Defies Death (2019)

The Woods family gathers at a cabin resort to hear the last will and testament of their wealthy patriarch George Woods ten years after his death. All vying for the much-anticipated Woods' fortune, the players include his greedy sister and her grandson, an eccentric niece and two ambitious nephews, his mistress, and his missing daughter's husband with their amnesiac granddaughter. Before the players can stake their claim to the family fortune, each must survive the family attorney's investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Woods' adopted daughter Mona. Why did Mona suddenly run away before the death of Woods? Will she show up to claim her fortune, or was her disappearance the result of a conspiracy? As the story unfolds, family members turn on each other and murder is the weapon of choice to reveal a dark secret.

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2019-03-26 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Julie R. Ølgaard, Justin Ray

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    lush visual
  2. Ranked #1 for
    good writing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    cleverly executed

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5 Silent River (2022)

Desperate to reconcile with his estranged wife, Elliot stops at a desert motel where he encounters Greta, an uncanny woman on the run from a mysterious past.

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2022-10-14 | Drama

Cast

West Liang, Amy Tsang

Rating

rating icon 4.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    strangely familiar cast
  2. Ranked #1 for
    blistering
  3. Ranked #1 for
    ethereal

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6 Klaus (2019)

When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy's worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.

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2019-11-08 | Animation / Family

Cast

Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons

Rating

rating icon 8.249
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    selfless character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    warm
  3. Ranked #1 for
    friendly neighborhood

Trailer

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7 Follow the Dead (2020)

The remote town of Ferbane struggles to react when no one seems able to communicate with Dublin City anymore, and videos that have surfaced online suggest that the capital has succumb to an undead threat, and danger may be on its way!

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2020-10-17 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Luke Corcoran, Tadhg Devery

Rating

rating icon 1.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    consistently amusing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    well-developed character
  3. Ranked #2 for
    groovy

Trailer

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8 Driven (2019)

Emerson Graham's nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to defeat a force of evil. The meter is running.

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2019-02-09 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Richard Speight Jr., Casey Dillard

Rating

rating icon 4.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    acting with perfect timing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sharp and witty dialogue
  3. Ranked #1 for
    witty banter

Trailer

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9 Detention (2019)

In the 1960s, two classmates go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school.

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2019-09-20 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Gingle Wang, Jing-Hua Tseng

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fragmented narrative
  2. Ranked #1 for
    natural light
  3. Ranked #2 for
    precious

Trailer

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10 Funhouse (2019)

When 8 celebrities from around the globe are invited to compete in an online reality show, they soon realize that they are playing for their very lives, as those voted off suffer horrific consequences, broadcast live to the entire world.

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2019-10-25 | Horror

Cast

Valter Skarsgård, Khamisa Wilsher

Rating

rating icon 5.216
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    delightfully surprising
  2. Ranked #1 for
    desensitizing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    great casting

Trailer

Funhouse trailer
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