Gloomy movies

List of the darkest movies selected by visitors to our site: My Son, Knowing, Rebecca, Interview with the Vampire, The Broken Tower, Wuthering Heights, The Dark Knight, Freaks, The Empty Man, Pulse.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany

When a man's only son goes missing, he travels to the town where his ex-wife lives in search of answers. To play a man whose life is clouded by mystery, McAvoy will not be given a script of dialogue.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, action
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia, China
Duration02:01

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

Markimdb: 6
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA, Australia
Duration02:03

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

Markimdb: 6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:09

A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.

Markimdb: 9
Genrefantastic, fantastic, action, action, thriller, drama, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:32

    Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada

    Kept locked inside the house by her father, 7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world, where Abnormals create a constant threat - or so she believes. When a mysterious stranger offers her a glimpse of what's really happening outside, Chloe soon finds that while the truth isn't so simple, the danger is very real.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, detective
    CountryUSA, South Africa, United Kingdom

    After a group of teens from a small Midwestern town begin to mysteriously disappear, the locals believe it is the work of an urban legend known as The Empty Man. As a retired cop investigates and struggles to make sense of the stories, he discovers a secretive group and their attempts to summon a horrific, mystical entity, and soon his life—and the lives of those close to him—are in grave danger.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Romania, South Africa
    Duration01:30

    When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryBelarus, Germany, USA, Russia
    Duration01:09

    Young Evelina has a law degree, but her dream is to travel to the USA and earn a living as a professional DJ. But it’s 1997 and the girl is living in post-Soviet Minsk...

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:56

    The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:08

      Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryUSA

      Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.

      Markimdb: 8.4
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:25

      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.

      Duration02:02

        Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, Mexico, Hong Kong
        Duration02:25

        A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
        Duration01:45

        Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease which has slowly consumed his father. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in intelligence and brain activity in the primate subjects – especially Caesar, his pet chimpanzee.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration02:31

        In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA, France

        A recent college graduate flees to Paris after a break-up, where his involvement with a prostitute begins to reveal a potentially dark recent past.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

        In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
        Duration01:38

        A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryGreece, France, Canada, USA
        Duration01:33

        A nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast and her coach offer a service for hire wherein they stand in for dead people by appointment, hired by relatives, friends or colleagues of the deceased, to assist with the grieving process.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:21

        Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to confront the lies she’s been spinning at work, her troubling relationship with her mother, and the nature of her bond with Charlie.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:40

        A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:30

        A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryFrance, Australia, Germany, Italy, USA
        Duration01:40

        The O'Neills lived happily in their house in the Australian countryside. That was until one day fate struck blindly, taking the life of Peter, the father, leaving his grief-stricken wife Dawn alone with their four children. Among them, eight-year-old Simone denies this reality. She is persuaded that her father still lives in the giant fig tree growing near their house and speaks to her through its leaves. But the tree becomes more and more invasive and threatens the house. It must be felled. Of course, Simone won't allow it.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:34

        From the once thriving tobacco warehouses, to the current run-down and closed shops of Five Points, a diverse group of residents and their respective life changes when outsider Gus Leroy brings something new and potentially dangerous into their quiet town.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, Germany, Saudi Arabia
        Duration01:41

        A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrefantastic, action, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA

        In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrehorror
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:16

        A disturbing portrait of contemporary youth culture where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred with often frightening results.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Japan
        Duration02:06

        Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:20

          A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genredrama, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:45

          When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group’s future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert — quite possibly their last — only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, short, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:42

          After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
          Duration01:41

            Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

            Markimdb: 4.8
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA, Sweden
            Duration01:34

            40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:50

            Based on the classic novel by William Faulkner, first published in 1930, "As I Lay Dying" is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her last wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.

            Markimdb: 4.8
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:15

            Part psychological thriller and part provocative character study, A TEACHER explores the unraveling of a young high school teacher, Diana (Lindsay Burdge), after she begins an affair with one of her teenage students, Eric (Will Brittain). What starts as a seemingly innocent fling becomes increasingly complex and dangerous as the beautiful and confident Diana gets fully consumed by her emotions, crossing boundaries and acting out in progressively startling ways. Lindsay Burdge delivers a deeply compelling and seamlessly naturalistic performance that brings us into the mind of an adult driven to taboo against her better judgment.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:00

            1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration01:55

            A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

            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.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:33

            Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he now lives a comfortably numb existence working on an organic farm outside Los Angeles. He drinks himself into a stupor every night and retires to his shabby apartment to record his podcast, recounting the tragic deaths of great musicians. After a particularly heavy night of drowning his sorrows at a local watering hole, he is arrested for driving under the influence. This snag, coupled with a long-ago conviction for a drug offense, means Lachlan faces possible deportation. His only hope of remaining stateside is proving that his absence would cause extreme hardship for a spouse or relative – forcing him to confront relationships he thought were buried forever.

            Markimdb: 4.3
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA

            A young American couple travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and ice.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:20

            Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much of his spare time in the hospital with an ailing past love. Impervious to the monotony of their blue-collar world, they maintain an unwavering yearning for romance. The emotional isolation the two men have grown accustomed to is captured in a subtle, optimistic, poetic fashion while avoiding melodrama.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
            Duration02:35

            In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:39

            A circle of twenty-something friends reunite for a weekend away to console a suicidal member of their group. Yet, despite their best efforts to enjoy themselves, a tinderbox of old jealousies, unrequited love, and widening political differences leads to an explosion of drama that, coupled with the flammable combination of drugs, wine, and risotto, cannot be contained. A Big Chill for our current social media moment, About Alex is a lighthearted look at the struggles of a generation that has it all—and wants more.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrefantastic, drama, family
            CountryUSA

            In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genredrama, history
            CountryFrance, Israel, Italy, India, USA
            Duration01:52

            A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryArgentina, Spain, Germany, USA

            Pedro, a humble beekeeper who lives in the mysterious Argentinian region of the Delta del Tigre, travels to Buenos Aires to visit his twin brother Agustín, a successful but troubled pediatrician with marital issues, to give him bad news and ask him for a favor hard to fulfill, a unexpected arrival which will change Agustín's life forever.




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