Top rated pessimistic movies with a psychological drama

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

1 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 8.162
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    mentally unstable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  3. Ranked #1 for
    evil genius

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2 Rent-A-Pal (2020)

Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor named David searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother. While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape called Rent-A-Pal. Hosted by the charming and charismatic Andy, the tape offers him much-needed company, compassion, and friendship. But Andy's friendship comes at a cost, and David desperately struggles to afford the price of admission.

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2020-10-11 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Brian Landis Folkins, Wil Wheaton

Rating

rating icon 6.438
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    watching indispensably
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lonely character
  3. Ranked #2 for
    messing with head

Trailer

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3 Hope Gap (2019)

Grace lives an idyllic life in a British seaside town, but her world soon comes crashing down when her husband of 29 years tells her he's leaving her for another woman. Through stages of shock, disbelief and anger -- and with support from her son -- Grace ultimately regains her footing while learning it's never too late to be happy.

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2019-10-03 | Drama

Cast

Annette Bening, Bill Nighy

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    for case study
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unfortunate soul
  3. Ranked #1 for
    loveless character

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Hope Gap trailer
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4 The Vanishing (2019)

Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.

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2019-01-04 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan

Rating

rating icon 5.731
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    barely intelligible
  2. Ranked #2 for
    begging the question
  3. Ranked #2 for
    psychological mystery

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The Vanishing trailer
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5 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

rating icon 5.946
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dark and twisted
  2. Ranked #2 for
    meaty role
  3. Ranked #2 for
    possessive

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6 The Lodge (2020)

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

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2020-01-16 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell

Rating

rating icon 6.125
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #4 for
    mentally unstable
  2. Ranked #6 for
    dark and disturbing
  3. Ranked #6 for
    skin crawling

Trailer

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7 The Stranger (2022)

Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other an undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship becomes the core of this tightly wrought thriller, which is based on the true story of one of the largest investigations and undercover operations in Australia.

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2022-10-06 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris

Rating

rating icon 6.133
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    credible performance
  2. Ranked #1 for
    too slow-paced
  3. Ranked #1 for
    utterly absorbing

Trailer

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8 The Nest (2020)

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.

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2020-05-08 | Drama

Cast

Jude Law, Carrie Coon

Rating

rating icon 6.067
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    colossal waste
  2. Ranked #1 for
    creaky and old
  3. Ranked #3 for
    fairly uninteresting

Trailer

The Nest trailer
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9 Clemency (2019)

Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.

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2019-12-27 | Drama

Cast

Alfre Woodard, Richard Schiff

Rating

rating icon 6.343
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    towering
  2. Ranked #1 for
    rising above material
  3. Ranked #2 for
    botched

Trailer

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10 Red Rocket (2021)

Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, ex 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 6.749
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People's Taste Ranking

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

Trailer

Red Rocket trailer
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