Top rated movies with smart writing that have a gruesome killing
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with smart writing and a gruesome killing! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with smart writing and a gruesome killing, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Knives Out (2019)
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
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- 2019-11-27 | Comedy / Crime
Cast
- Daniel Craig, Chris Evans
Rating
- 7.849
2 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
- 7.3
3 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
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- 2019-05-02 | Drama / Crime
Cast
- Zac Efron, Lily Collins
Rating
- 7.016
4 Back Roads (2019)
A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.
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- 2019-11-15 | Thriller / Drama
Cast
- Alex Pettyfer, Jennifer Morrison
Rating
- 5.946
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5 Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding.
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- 2023-03-28 | Mystery / Comedy
Cast
- Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston
Rating
- 6.441
6 The Dry (2021)
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
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- 2021-01-01 | Crime / Thriller
Cast
- Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly
Rating
- 6.8
7 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
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- 2022-11-12 | Comedy / Crime
Cast
- Daniel Craig, Edward Norton
Rating
- 7.046
8 Only the Animals (2019)
Following the disappearance of the glamorous and secretive Evelyne Ducat during a blizzard in the highlands of southern France, the lives of five people inextricably linked to Evelyne are brought together to devastating effect as the local police investigate the case.
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- 2019-12-04 | Drama / Crime
Cast
- Denis Ménochet, Laure Calamy
Rating
- 6.7
9 Just Mercy (2019)
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
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- 2019-12-25 | Drama / Crime
Cast
- Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson
Rating
- 7.887
10 The Unforgivable (2021)
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
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- 2021-11-24 | Drama / Crime
Cast
- Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis
Rating
- 7.446