Best dark & gritty English movies on MX Player in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
24 movies on MX Player in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 5.4. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Movie · English · 1h 47m · Drama, Action · IMDb 7.1 (2.0L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-pacedDark & gritty
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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2. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
Movie · English · 1h 42m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.5 (1.8L votes)
MatureTwistyVisually stunningFast-paced
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
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3. Clean (2022)
Movie · English · 1h 32m · Documentary · IMDb 7.4 (348 votes)
Slow-burnMatureLow-stakesDark & gritty
When illness forces her away from her beloved trauma cleaning business, Sandra Pankhurst faces up to her traumatic past and begins a search for her birth mother.
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4. Provoked (2007)
Movie · English · 1h 45m · Drama · IMDb 6.5 (2.4K votes)
MatureDark & grittySerious
Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and hav
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5. The Prophecy (1995)
Movie · English · 1h 38m · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 6.4 (36.2K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatMature
The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven. However, it is hidden inside of a Native American girl and only a former priest and a schoolteacher can stop him.
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6. Guns Akimbo (2020)
Movie · English · 1h 38m · Action, Comedy · IMDb 6.3 (79.5K votes)
Fast-pacedMatureEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. In order to survive and rescue his kidnapped ex-girlfriend, he must battle Nix, a heavily armed and much more experienced fighter.
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7. Criminal (2016)
Movie · English · 1h 53m · Action, Crime · IMDb 6.3 (75.7K votes)
Fast-pacedCold & detachedEdge-of-seatMature
CIA Agent Bill Pope is on a mission to track down a shadowy hacker named 'The Dutchman'. When he gets mysteriously killed, an experimental procedure transfers his memories into a dangerous ex-convict. When he wakes up Pope's memories, his mission is to eliminate The Dutchman before the hacker launches ICBMs and starts
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8. Shame (2019)
Movie · English · 24m · Thriller · IMDb 3.9 (447 votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature
SHAME is the revenge saga of a housekeeping staff against a hotel guest for having her fired when she errs in the line of duty.
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9. Beneath Us (2020)
Movie · English · 1h 22m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.4 (2.6K votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatMatureCold & detached
The American Dream becomes a nightmare for a group of undocumented day laborers hired by a wealthy couple. What they expect to be their biggest payday turns into a terrifying fight for survival.
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10. The Boy (2016)
Movie · English · 1h 38m · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 6.0 (1.1L votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.
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11. Automata (2014)
Movie · English · 1h 50m · Thriller, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.0 (62.4K votes)
Cold & detachedVisually stunningDark & grittyTwisty
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
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12. The Hatching (2014)
Movie · English · 1h 30m · Comedy, Horror · IMDb 4.0 (1.0K votes)
Cold & detachedMatureDark & grittyFunny
On the death of his father, Tim Webber returns to his childhood village in Somerset to find something sinister is disturbing the idyllic peace of the villagers.
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13. Blood Quantum (2019)
Movie · English · 1h 38m · Horror · IMDb 5.6 (6.5K votes)
Dark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seatCold & detached
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.
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14. Security (2017)
Movie · English · 1h 27m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 5.8 (25.0K votes)
Fast-pacedEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty
An ex-special services veteran, down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job, he opens the door to a distraught and desperate young girl who has fled the hijacking of a Police motorcade that was transporting her to tes
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15. Witches in the Woods (2019)
Movie · English · 1h 30m · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 4.3 (2.6K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatMature
A group of students head off for a snowboarding adventure on an untouched piece of land. When their SUV mysteriously stalls in a brutal snowstorm they are not only faced with the reality of freezing to death but a fate even more horrifying. For they have become stranded in Stoughton Valley, home of some Witch Trials ev
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16. Ninja (2009)
Movie · English · 1h 23m · Action, Crime · IMDb 5.5 (14.9K votes)
Edge-of-seatFast-pacedMatureDark & gritty
A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.
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17. Raging Sharks (2005)
Movie · English · 1h 32m · Horror, Science Fiction · IMDb 2.7 (1.3K votes)
Cold & detachedFast-pacedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
An oceanic observation station is in desperate trouble after a sudden shark attack wrecked the oxygen supply. The accompanying ship, a coast guard cruiser, and other ships in and around the Bermuda triangle are attacked as well. The US Navy sends a submarine to investigate, but soon they too are under attack.
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18. Drive Angry (2011)
Movie · English · 1h 44m · Fantasy, Thriller · IMDb 5.4 (1.1L votes)
Fast-pacedMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Milton is a hardened felon who has broken out of Hell, intent on finding the vicious cult who brutally murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby. He joins forces with a sexy, tough-as-nails waitress, who's also seeking redemption of her own. Caught in a deadly race against time, Milton has three days to avoid captur
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19. Season of the Witch (2011)
Movie · English · 1h 35m · Adventure, Fantasy · IMDb 5.4 (1.0L votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedDark & grittyMature
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
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20. Friend Request (2016)
Movie · English · 1h 32m · A · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.2 (29.4K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature
Enjoying college life as a popular student, Laura shares everything with her more than 800 friends on Facebook. But one day, after accepting a friend request from a social outcast named Marina, Laura’s life is cursed...
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21. Kite (2014)
Movie · English · 1h 30m · Drama, Action · IMDb 4.5 (7.3K votes)
Fast-pacedMatureEdge-of-seatCold & detached
When Sawa's mother and policeman father are found victims of a grisly double homicide, she begins a ruthless pursuit for the man who murdered them. With the help of her father's ex-partner, Karl Aker, and a mysterious friend from her past, she becomes a merciless teen assassin, blasting her way through the dark world o
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22. The Vatican Tapes (2015)
Movie · English · 1h 31m · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 4.7 (19.5K votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatMature
In a highly secured vault deep within the walls of Vatican City, the Catholic Church holds thousands of old films and video footage documenting exorcisms/supposed exorcisms and other unexplained religious phenomena they feel the world is not ready to see. This is the first tape - Case 83-G - stolen from these archives
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23. Temple (2017)
Movie · English · 1h 18m · History, Horror · IMDb 3.7 (5.4K votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare.
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24. Between Worlds (2018)
Movie · English · 1h 30m · Mystery, Thriller · IMDb 3.9 (8.1K votes)
TwistyMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Joe, a down-on-his-luck truck driver haunted by the memory of his deceased wife and child, meets Julie, a spiritually gifted woman who enlists his help in a desperate effort to find the lost soul of her comatose daughter. But the spirit of Joe's dead wife proves stronger, possessing the young woman's body and determine
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