Best dark & gritty movies on MUBI in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
197 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 6.7. Most are in English (65), French (29), German (21). 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.
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2. Night and Fog (1956)
Movie · French · 32m · Documentary, History · IMDb 8.6 (23.8K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyDark & grittyMature
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
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3. Amores Perros (2000)
Movie · Spanish · 2h 34m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 8.0 (2.7L votes)
TwistyMatureVisually stunningDark & gritty
A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.
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4. 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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5. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. Breaking the Waves (1996)
Movie · Danish · 2h 39m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.8 (76.9K votes)
Slow-burnMatureDark & gritty
In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.
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11. Faust (1926)
Movie · German · 1h 46m · Fantasy, Drama · IMDb 8.1 (18.8K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningDark & grittyCold & detached
Murnau’s epic adaptation of Goethe’s tragedy stands with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis among the supreme achievements of German silent cinema. Gösta Ekman plays the alchemist who, his faith shaken in a time of plague, is offered the gift of healing and eternal youth… in exchange for his soul.
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13. Monster (2023)
Movie · Japanese · 2h 5m · Mystery, Thriller · IMDb 7.8 (44.0K votes)
TwistyDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.
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14. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Movie · Polish · 1h 25m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 7.9 (24.8K votes)
Slow-burnMatureCold & detachedDark & gritty
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
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15. 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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16. The Sacrifice (1986)
Movie · Swedish · 2h 29m · Drama · IMDb 7.8 (35.8K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyDark & grittyCold & detached
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
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17. The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
Movie · Dutch · 1h 52m · Drama · IMDb 7.7 (45.6K votes)
Slow-burnDark & grittySerious
The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.
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18. Battle Royale (2000)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 53m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 7.5 (2.1L votes)
MatureFast-pacedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
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20. Godzilla (1954)
Movie · Japanese · 1h 36m · Thriller, Horror · IMDb 7.6 (46.7K votes)
Visually stunningCold & detachedEdge-of-seatDark & gritty
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not o
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21. Fantastic Planet (1973)
Movie · French · 1h 12m · Animation, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.6 (43.7K votes)
Slow-burnVisually stunningTwistyCold & detached
On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile
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22. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Movie · French · 1h 36m · Drama · IMDb 7.7 (25.3K votes)
Slow-burnCold & detachedDark & grittyMature
The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fat
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23. No Other Choice (2025)
Movie · Korean · 2h 19m · Comedy, Crime · IMDb 7.5 (77.8K votes)
MatureDark & grittyFunnyEdge-of-seat
After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.
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24. Victoria (2015)
Movie · German · 2h 18m · Crime, Thriller · IMDb 7.5 (68.2K votes)
Fast-pacedVisually stunningEdge-of-seatMature
A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.
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25. Fallen Angels (1995)
Movie · Cantonese · 1h 38m · Action, Romance · IMDb 7.5 (61.7K votes)
TwistyMatureVisually stunningSlow-burn
An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.
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26. About Dry Grasses (2023)
Movie · Turkish · 3h 17m · Drama · IMDb 7.7 (20.4K votes)
Slow-burnDark & grittySerious
A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.
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27. 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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28. 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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29. Blind Chance (1987)
Movie · Polish · 1h 54m · Drama · IMDb 7.7 (12.5K votes)
TwistySlow-burnDark & grittyCold & detached
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
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30. 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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