Best dark & gritty English movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
1763 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.1. Newest addition: The Last House on the Left, added to Netflix on 22 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. The Godfather (1972)
Movie · English · 2h 55m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 9.2 (22.7L votes)
Visually stunningMatureTwistyDark & gritty
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
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2. The Dark Knight (2008)
Movie · English · 2h 32m · UA · Action, Thriller · IMDb 9.1 (32.4L votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatFast-paced
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
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3. Schindler's List (1993)
Movie · English · 3h 15m · A · Drama, History · IMDb 9.0 (16.1L votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seat
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
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4. The Godfather Part II (1974)
Movie · English · 3h 22m · Drama, Crime · IMDb 9.0 (15.2L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningMatureDark & gritty
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
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5. Fight Club (1999)
Movie · English · 2h 19m · A · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.8 (26.8L votes)
TwistyMatureCold & detachedVisually stunning
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
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6. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Movie · English · 2h 34m · Thriller, Crime · IMDb 8.8 (24.8L votes)
TwistyMatureFunnyFast-paced
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
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7. The Matrix (1999)
Movie · English · 2h 16m · A · Action, Science Fiction · IMDb 8.7 (22.9L votes)
Visually stunningTwistyEdge-of-seatFast-paced
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Movie · English · 1h 59m · A · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 8.6 (17.6L votes)
Dark & grittyMatureTwistyEdge-of-seat
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and
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9. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Movie · English · 2h 49m · War, Drama · IMDb 8.6 (16.7L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
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10. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Movie · English · 2h 17m · A · Action, Thriller · IMDb 8.6 (13.1L votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seatMature
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.
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11. Django Unchained (2012)
Movie · English · 2h 45m · A · Drama, Western · IMDb 8.5 (19.2L votes)
Visually stunningMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
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12. Gladiator (2000)
Movie · English · 2h 35m · Action, Drama · IMDb 8.5 (18.9L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
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13. The Prestige (2006)
Movie · English · 2h 10m · U · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 8.5 (16.4L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningEdge-of-seatCold & detached
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
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14. The Departed (2006)
Movie · English · 2h 31m · A · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.5 (15.9L votes)
TwistyMatureEdge-of-seatFast-paced
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
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15. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Movie · English · 2h 45m · UA · Action, Crime · IMDb 8.4 (20.3L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-pacedDark & gritty
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader
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16. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Movie · English · 2h 33m · A · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.4 (18.3L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningMatureDark & gritty
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie thea
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17. Memento (2000)
Movie · English · 1h 53m · Mystery, Thriller · IMDb 8.4 (14.6L votes)
TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happ
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18. Dune: Part Two (2024)
Movie · English · 2h 47m · Science Fiction, Adventure · IMDb 8.4 (8.0L votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatTwistyDark & gritty
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
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19. Joker (2019)
Movie · English · 2h 2m · A · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 8.3 (17.3L votes)
TwistyMatureDark & grittyVisually stunning
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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20. Scarface (1983)
Movie · English · 2h 50m · Action, Crime · IMDb 8.3 (10.4L votes)
MatureVisually stunningFast-pacedCold & detached
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But inc
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21. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Movie · English · 3h · A · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (18.3L votes)
MatureFast-pacedVisually stunningFunny
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
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22. Batman Begins (2005)
Movie · English · 2h 20m · UA · Drama, Crime · IMDb 8.2 (17.5L votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyEdge-of-seatTwisty
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
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23. Shutter Island (2010)
Movie · English · 2h 18m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.2 (16.9L votes)
TwistyCold & detachedDark & grittyVisually stunning
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
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24. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Movie · English · 1h 51m · Action, Crime · IMDb 8.2 (13.3L votes)
MatureVisually stunningTwistyFast-paced
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
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25. No Country for Old Men (2007)
Movie · English · 2h 2m · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 8.2 (12.2L votes)
MatureEdge-of-seatCold & detachedVisually stunning
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 violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
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26. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Movie · English · 1h 39m · UA · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 8.2 (11.9L votes)
TwistyMatureCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
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27. Oppenheimer (2023)
Movie · English · 3h 1m · UA · Drama, History · IMDb 8.2 (11.1L votes)
TwistyVisually stunningDark & grittyCold & detached
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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28. Taxi Driver (1976)
Movie · English · 1h 54m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (10.5L votes)
Slow-burnMatureCold & detachedDark & gritty
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
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29. Prisoners (2013)
Movie · English · 2h 33m · A · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.2 (9.6L votes)
TwistyMatureEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search descends into obsession and moral compromise.
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30. 1917 (2019)
Movie · English · 1h 59m · UA · War, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (7.9L votes)
Visually stunningFast-pacedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
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