Best dark & gritty English movies on MUBI in India

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

65 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.2. Newest addition: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, added to MUBI on 2 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.

1. The Thing (1982)

Movie · English · 1h 49m · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 8.2 (5.4L votes)

TwistyDark & grittyVisually stunningMature

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

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2. Children of Men (2006)

Movie · English · 1h 49m · A · Science Fiction, Thriller · IMDb 7.9 (5.7L votes)

Visually stunningEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

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3. Dogville (2003)

Movie · English · 2h 58m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.0 (1.7L votes)

Slow-burnTwistyMatureDark & gritty

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.

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4. Carlito's Way (1993)

Movie · English · 2h 24m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (2.5L votes)

MatureVisually stunningEdge-of-seatDark & gritty

Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.

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5. Do the Right Thing (1989)

Movie · English · 2h · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (1.3L votes)

MatureDark & grittyVisually stunning

Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism an

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6. Dancer in the Dark (2000)

Movie · English · 2h 20m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.9 (1.3L votes)

Slow-burnDark & grittyTwistyMature

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her young son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life becomes increasingly difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming u

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7. Lost Highway (1997)

Movie · English · 2h 14m · A · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 7.6 (1.7L votes)

TwistyMatureCold & detachedDark & gritty

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

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8. Control (2007)

Movie · English · 2h 2m · Drama · IMDb 7.6 (72.4K votes)

Dark & grittyMatureCold & detachedSerious

The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.

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9. The Zone of Interest (2023)

Movie · English · 1h 45m · UA · Drama, History · IMDb 7.3 (1.9L votes)

Slow-burnDark & grittyMatureCold & detached

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

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10. The Substance (2024)

Movie · English · 2h 21m · A · Horror, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.2 (4.7L votes)

MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedFunny

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

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11. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

Movie · English · 2h 15m · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 7.3 (1.2L votes)

TwistyMatureSlow-burnDark & gritty

In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another

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12. Eraserhead (1977)

Movie · English · 1h 29m · Horror, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.2 (1.5L votes)

TwistySlow-burnMatureDark & gritty

First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

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13. Midsommar (2019)

Movie · English · 2h 27m · A · Horror, Drama · IMDb 7.1 (5.0L votes)

Slow-burnTwistyVisually stunningDark & gritty

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in the

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14. Blue Collar (1978)

Movie · English · 1h 54m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 7.5 (12.4K votes)

Dark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seatCold & detached

Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.

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15. Videodrome (1983)

Movie · English · 1h 28m · Horror, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.1 (1.2L votes)

TwistyMatureDark & grittyCold & detached

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and ne

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16. Witches (2024)

Movie · English · 1h 30m · Documentary · IMDb 7.4 (1.8K votes)

Slow-burnTwistyLow-stakesDark & gritty

A deeply personal documentary that examines the relationship between cinematic portrayals of witches and the all-too-real experiences of postpartum depression by utilising footage that spans the entirety of film history alongside heartrending personal testimony.

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17. The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)

Movie · English · 1h 51m · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 6.8 (10.6K votes)

MatureCold & detachedTwistyDark & gritty

Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.

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18. Damage (1992)

Movie · English · 1h 51m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 6.7 (23.1K votes)

MatureCold & detachedDark & grittyTwisty

The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.

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19. Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)

Movie · English · 1h 31m · Animation, Documentary · IMDb 6.9 (2.9K votes)

FunnyMatureVisually stunningTwisty

Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game.

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20. Working Girls (1987)

Movie · English · 1h 33m · Drama · IMDb 6.8 (2.7K votes)

MatureDark & grittyLow-stakes

A lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.

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21. Antichrist (2009)

Movie · English · 1h 44m · A · Drama, Horror · IMDb 6.5 (1.5L votes)

TwistyMatureSlow-burnDark & gritty

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

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22. My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow (2025)

Movie · English · 5h 24m · Documentary · IMDb 8.0 (429 votes)

Slow-burnDark & grittyCold & detached

American filmmaker Julia Loktev, born in the Soviet Union, returned to Moscow in 2021 to make a documentary on the persistence of independent media journalism in Putin’s Russia—just months, as it turned out, before the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Structured in five chapters, Loktev’s film is an extraordinary vérité

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23. Spring Night, Summer Night (1967)

Movie · English · 1h 22m · Drama · IMDb 7.0 (885 votes)

Slow-burnMatureDark & grittyTwisty

Carl and Jessie are half siblings who feel trapped by the existential and economic pressures of living in the small mining town of Canaan, Ohio. Their shared rebellion soon takes on the form of an illicit love affair depicted in interwoven sequences of lusty poeticism and ethnographic vérité. When Jessie becomes pregna

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24. The Living End (1992)

Movie · English · 1h 25m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.6 (4.8K votes)

MatureFast-pacedDark & grittyCold & detached

Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.

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25. What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? (2019)

Movie · English · 2h 3m · Documentary · IMDb 6.8 (780 votes)

Dark & grittyStraightforwardCold & detachedSerious

Summer 2017, a string of brutal police killings of young African American men has sent shockwaves throughout the country. A Black community in the American South tries to cope with the lingering effects of the past and navigate their place in a country that is not on their side. Meanwhile, the Black Panthers prepare a

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26. Swallow (2020)

Movie · English · 1h 35m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 6.5 (33.0K votes)

Dark & grittyMatureCold & detachedTwisty

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

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27. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

Movie · English · 1h 52m · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 6.5 (23.3K votes)

TwistyMatureFunnyDark & gritty

An ambitious director sets out to revive a faded slasher franchise, but her meeting with the film’s reclusive original star spirals into a terrifying maze of obsession, fear, and blood-soaked delusion.

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28. Not a Pretty Picture (1976)

Movie · English · 1h 23m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.2 (395 votes)

TwistyMatureDark & grittySlow-burn

Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.

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29. River of Grass (1995)

Movie · English · 1h 16m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (3.2K votes)

MatureTwistySlow-burnDark & gritty

Cozy, a dissatisfied housewife, meets Lee at a bar. A drink turns into a home break-in, and a gunshot sends them on the run together, thinking they've committed murder.

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30. Totally F***ed Up (1994)

Movie · English · 1h 20m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 6.5 (5.7K votes)

MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedSlow-burn

Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers.

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