The Road (2009) | 7.2 | |
Nobody Knows (2004) | 8.0 | |
Se7en (1995) | 8.6 | |
The Bridge (2011) | 8.6 | |
Twin Peaks (1990) | 8.8 |
Gloomy movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant gloomy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out gloomy, serious, atmospheric, dark, bleak and realistic films and TV shows about / with murder, death, blood, suicide, life is a bitch, police officer, cigarette smoking, profanity, danger and mental disorder plots mostly in Drama, Mystery and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as gloomy: Sleepy Hollow (1999), Stalingrad (1993), The Others (2001), Dorian Gray (2009), The Name of the Rose (1986), Stalker (1979), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), The Ring (2002), Stay (2005), Nobody Knows (2004).
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382K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, dark fantasy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot:
supernatural, witch, murder, ghost, investigation, supernatural horror, small town, magical, horseman, witchcraft, goth, legends and myths ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 19th century, victorian era, year 1999 ...
Place:
new york, madagascar, america, britain, new york state
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, gloomy, rough ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, nazism, soldier, eastern front, military, holocaust, starvation, survival, military life, winter ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1943
Place:
russia, germany, europe, italy
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391K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, afterlife, nightmare, twists and turns, mansion, supernatural horror, mysterious character, haunting, spiritualism, macabre ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, year 2000, year 1945, 20th century ...
Place:
persia, america, europe, english channel, england
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, gothic horror, sexy, stylized ...
Plot:
supernatural, eternal youth, beefcake, aristocracy, painting, deal with the devil, male nudity, society, fall in love, artist, destiny, physical appearance ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, year 2009, 1900s ...
Place:
england, europe, britain, ireland, london
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's ...
Style:
intellectual, psychological, suspenseful, gloomy, clever ...
Plot:
investigation, clergy, medieval, monastery, monk, murder mystery, murder, religion, whodunit, riddles and clues, uncover truth, abbey ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, medieval times, year 1986, ancient times
Place:
europe, south of france, france, italy
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144K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, bleak, art house, cerebral ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
stalker, distopia, human nature, post apocalypse, trippy, dystopian future, surrealism, wish come true, dog, society, post apocalyptic, dystopia ...
Time:
future, year 1979, distant future, near future
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot:
psychopath, evil child, school shooting, high school, depression, mental illness, sociopath, teenager, antisocial behavior, childhood, mother son relationship, boy ...
Time:
year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, united kingdom, connecticut, usa, new york
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373K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, race against time, investigation, life is a bitch, death, supernatural horror, twists and turns, curse, macabre, journalist, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, astoria oregon, fictional island
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86K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, surprise ending, confusing, gloomy ...
Plot:
suicide, surrealism, twists and turns, obsession, mental illness, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, death, unfulfillment, parallel universe, mental institution, mentally unstable ...
Time:
year 2005, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Style:
depressing, touching, serious, atmospheric, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
childhood, poverty, dysfunctional family, boy, young kid, innocence lost, children, child abandonment, brother brother relationship, tragedy, coming of age, family relations ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, east asia, asia
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93K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, gloomy, serious ...
Plot:
supernatural, evil child, demon, social worker, supernatural horror, twists and turns, child abuse, creepy child, uncover truth, mental institution, mysterious character, murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
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630K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Style:
bleak, twist ending, intense, psychological, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, incest, vengeance, older man younger woman relationship, psychopath, hypnosis, mind game, psychological torture, kidnapping, plot twist, confined, torture ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, distant future, y2k, near future ...
Place:
south korea, korea, persia, oceania, east asia ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the ...
Style:
political thriller, gloomy, political, sincere, suspense ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
surveillance, cold war, berlin wall, spy, stasi, communism, iron curtain, secrets, loneliness, voyeurism, politics, suicide ...
Time:
80s, year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, year 1984 ...
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, soviet union ...
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253K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, father son relationship, cannibalism, end of the world, dystopia, starvation, on the road, catastrophe ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, usa
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12K
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. But the baby dies, and both brothers blame themselves. Many years later, Nick is out of prison after serving time for an assault. ...
Style:
bleak, gloomy, thought provoking, disturbing, melancholic ...
Plot:
heroin, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, childhood trauma, drug addiction, haunted by the past, redemption, estrangement, loneliness, adaptation, drug addict, family relations ...
Time:
year 2010, 90s, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, europe
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
serial killer, multiple suspects, police investigation, murder, police detective, cop, twists and turns, mind game, partners against crime, murderer, murder investigation, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland, UK, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Inspector Eva Thörnblad returns to Silver Height seven years after her daughter Josefine disappeared by a lake in the woods. The body was never found and the girl was believed to have drowned. Now a boy has vanished without a trace and ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, gloomy, detective, atmospheric ...
Plot:
missing child, uncover truth, police investigation, family problems, haunted by the past, riddles and clues, small town, nordic, folk horror, female protagonist, investigation, poor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Is relevant ?
1.8M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
detective, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, mind game, murder, insanity, police investigation, macabre, maniac ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, america, iran, persia, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Siberia. Late autumn. In taiga, in the deserted village there lives an old man Ivan & his seven-year-old grandson Leshia. A pack of feral dogs devours everything alive in the neighborhood. One of these dogs is Leshia's best friend. ...
Style:
touching, gloomy, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
wilderness, elderly, danger, life is a bitch, isolation, orphan, woods, survival, nature, wilderness survival, post soviet, old man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
soviet union, russia
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186K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless ...
Style:
touching, depressing, emotional, adult animation, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
loneliness, stop motion, friendship, letter, social misfits, depression, mental illness, asperger's syndrome, relationships, young woman, correspondence, imaginary friend ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009, 2000s, 70s
Place:
australia, persia, oceania, usa, new york
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150K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
17 year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and ...
Style:
depressing, atmospheric, harsh, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
poverty, missing person, small town, family in crisis, female protagonist, bail, dysfunctional family, down on your luck, mental illness, rural setting, family crisis, uncle niece relationship ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
missouri, usa
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22K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 230 min.
TV show
Story:
In this version of Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre (Georgie Henley), a poor relation in the household of her aunt, Mrs. Reed (Tara FitzGerald) is despatched into the care of the callous Mr Brocklehurst at his school at Lowood. As a young ...
Style:
costume drama, romantic, gothic, touching, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
love affair, love story, couple relations, rich and poor, fall in love, unlikely couple, estate, social differences, love and romance, relationships, governess, looking for love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, regency period
Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Birdboy and his animal friends plan their escape from an ecologically devastated island in this surreal, animated fantasy.
Style:
suspense, gloomy, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
nightmare, murder, pursuit, stranded, hallucination, escape, death, violence, monster, island, friends, anthropomorphic animal ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Greece, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
Style:
atmospheric, artsy, melancholic, stylized, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
vampire, goth, love, supernatural, eternal life, immortality, blood, vampirism, family relations, musician, fate of humanity, vampire bite ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 90s, year 1975, year 1968 ...
Place:
tangier morocco, detroit
Is relevant ?
122K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
Style:
psychological, gloomy, neo noir, tense, serious ...
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, murder mystery, multiple suspects, murder, police investigation, female detective, crime investigation, female protagonist, murderer, who done it, strong female character ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington d.c.
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54K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Style:
bleak, realistic, independent film, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
youth, grief, antisocial behavior, loner, depression, arson, life is a bitch, trauma, family problems, family drama, rebelliousness, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant ?
103K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Western
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
Style:
bleak, atmospheric, black and white, gloomy, captivating ...
Plot:
journey, native american, cowboy, gunfight, wilderness, murder, indians, on the road, accountant, existentialism, culture clash, modern western ...
Time:
19th century, year 1995, 90s, 1870s, victorian era
Place:
usa, pacific ocean, cleveland ohio, england
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245K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ...
Style:
mind bending, emotional, bleak, gloomy, depressing ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, guilt, tragedy, grief, drug addiction, multiple storylines, drug addict, drug, loneliness, loss, mathematician, hit and run ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico, persia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, serious, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, shooting, desert, serial killer, peril, greed, brutality, human nature, sheriff, death, murder ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, america ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face ...
Style:
exciting, gloomy, serious, action packed, action adventure ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
superhero, transformation, mutant, superhuman powers, hulk, scientist, chase, unstoppable, creature, experiment gone awry, split personality, giant ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, rio de janeiro, virginia, british columbia, brazil ...
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