Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "gloomy"

1. Threads (1984 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May

Votes: 20,194

2. The Golden Glove (2019)

Not Rated | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Jonas Dassler, Vasiliki Georgina Pseimada, Christine Jensen, Greta Sophie Schmidt

Votes: 18,298

3. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

Two minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Director: Tom Stoppard | Stars: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina

Votes: 23,875 | Gross: $0.74M

4. Brubaker (1980)

R | 131 min | Crime, Drama

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Morgan Freeman, Jane Alexander

Votes: 19,463 | Gross: $37.12M

5. Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, History

Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to find the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions.

Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey, John Henshaw, Anthony Flanagan

Votes: 13,694

6. Archangel (2005 TV Movie)

R | 133 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A British college professor, working in Russia, investigates certain mysteries surrounding the life and death of Joseph Stalin.

Director: Jon Jones | Stars: Daniel Craig, Yekaterina Rednikova, Gabriel Macht, Lev Prygunov

Votes: 6,165

7. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

Passed | 74 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill

Votes: 9,982

8. Dead Mountain (2020)

54 min | Drama, History, Mystery

In the Ural Mountains, nine students go on a ski hike, but never return. Local investigators must piece together what happened to them when their bodies are found a month later.

Stars: Andrey Dobrovolskiy, Andrey Arzyaev, Polina Chernyshova, Georgiy Bessonov

Votes: 3,207

9. Captain Volkonogov Escaped (2021)

126 min | Drama, Thriller

Fast-paced story of pre-death repentance marathon for the captain of the National Security Service (NKVD) Fyodor Volkonogov set against the backdrop of 1938 political persecutions in the USSR.

Directors: Alexey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova | Stars: Yura Borisov, Timofey Tribuntsev, Aleksandr Yatsenko, Nikita Kukushkin

Votes: 2,310

10. Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, History

The Home Office bring in senior Manchester detective Peter Hunter to conduct a secret review of the Ripper investigation to date.

Director: James Marsh | Stars: Warren Clarke, Paddy Considine, James Fox, David Calder

Votes: 9,578 | Gross: $0.15M

11. Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, History

When another child goes missing, washed-up solicitor John Piggott unwittingly provides a catalyst for Detective Chief Superindent Maurice Jobson to start to right some wrongs.

Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: David Morrissey, Lisa Howard, Chris Walker, Shaun Dooley

Votes: 8,323

12. My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020)

90 min | Drama, Horror

Two mysterious siblings find themselves at odds over care for their frail and sickly younger brother.

Director: Jonathan Cuartas | Stars: Patrick Fugit, Ingrid Sophie Schram, Owen Campbell, Moises L. Tovar

Votes: 3,163

13. The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)

Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A gang's plans for a St. Louis bank robbery are complicated when the sister of one of the thieves starts voicing her well-founded suspicions.

Directors: Charles Guggenheim, John Stix | Stars: Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke, James Dukas

Votes: 1,711

14. Swamp Women (1956)

Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

An undercover policewoman helps three female convicts escape from prison so that they can lead her to a stash of stolen diamonds hidden in a swamp.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Marie Windsor, Carole Mathews, Beverly Garland, Mike Connors

Votes: 2,028

15. Welcome to Chechnya (2020)

TV-MA | 107 min | Documentary

A group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.

Director: David France | Stars: Olga Baranova, David Isteev, Ramzan Kadyrov, Maxim Lapunov

Votes: 3,147

16. Espion, lève-toi (1982)

98 min | Drama, Thriller

Sébastien Grenier, a secret agent, eliminates all his rivals in order to decipher who has killed some of his associates.

Director: Yves Boisset | Stars: Lino Ventura, Michel Piccoli, Bruno Cremer, Bernard Fresson

Votes: 1,061

17. Om Jai Jagadish (2002)

Not Rated | 172 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

The story of a mother and her three sons. Om has deep-rooted values, Jai is an ambitious car designer, and Jagdish is a carefree youngster.

Director: Anupam Kher | Stars: Waheeda Rehman, Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Abhishek Bachchan

Votes: 2,147

18. Illustrious Corpses (1976)

PG | 120 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An investigation of the judges' assassinations reveals a political background.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paolo Bonacelli

Votes: 2,800

19. The Secret (1974)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marlène Jobert, Philippe Noiret, Jean-François Adam

Votes: 928

20. Ant Head (2018)

13 min | Short, Music

A short video featuring my friends the ants along with cheese, etc. and one-and-a-half tracks from the Thought Gang album.

Director: David Lynch

Votes: 480

21. The Pusher (1960)

Not Rated | 81 min | Crime, Drama

A detective investigating the murder of a heroin addict discovers that there is a connection between the junkie and his fiance, who is his boss' daughter.

Director: Gene Milford | Stars: Kathy Carlyle, Robert Lansing, Felice Orlandi, Douglas Rodgers

Votes: 158

22. The Magnitsky Act. Behind the Scenes (2016)

152 min | Documentary

What started as a docu-drama about a Russian police plot to steal a billion dollars from a US financier and to murder his faithful tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, became an investigation of a ... See full summary »

Director: Andrey Nekrasov | Stars: Viktoria Apanasenko, Anna Avramenko, Katerina Bashkina-Zlenko, Marieluise Beck

Votes: 156

23. The Coming Days (2010)

PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In the near future, the dreams of three adult siblings living in Germany are fractured by difficult romantic relationships and their unwitting involvement with an underground organization ... See full summary »

Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Bernadette Heerwagen, Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Johanna Wokalek

Votes: 1,309

24. Black Garden (2019)

90 min | Sci-Fi

Based on the 9th circle of hell in Dante's Inferno, Black Garden begins on Christmas Eve in the near future. It's eight days after the end of World War III and a handful of survivors wait ... See full summary »

Director: Shaun Wilson | Stars: Cara Culligan, Phil Edwards, Tammy Honey, Garry Keltie

Votes: 2,766

25. Bartleby (I) (1976)

96 min | Drama

A bailiff's study engages a young man, Bartleby, pale, stiff, not speaking and expressing no emotion. One fine day Bartleby refuses certain tasks, then all work.

Director: Maurice Ronet | Stars: Michael Lonsdale, Maxence Mailfort, Maurice Biraud, Dominique Zardi

Votes: 96

26. The Woodsman (2020)

90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In the small southern town of Nazareth, each month, for the last four months a girl has disappeared. They find the latest victim dead, tied to a tree, the only witness being her twelve year... See full summary »

Director: Paul Leach | Stars: Christopher Wolfe, Michael Jude Murphy, Katie Oliver, Sonya Krueger

Votes: 98

27. You Belong to Me (1934)

Passed | 67 min | Drama

When recently widowed vaudeville performer Florette Faxon marries acrobat Hap Stanley, her son Jimmy takes an instant dislike to his new stepfather, preferring the company of happy-go-lucky vaudeville comic Bud Hannigan.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, Helen Morgan, David Holt

Votes: 58

28. Ein Tag - Bericht aus einem deutschen Konzentrationslager 1939 (1965 TV Movie)

110 min | Drama

Germany, January 1939: a day in a concentration camp. Subjected to harsh military discipline the hungry prisoners are digging a huge hole and filling it up again. Several are tortured, die of exhaustion, in the electric fence, or are shot.

Director: Egon Monk | Stars: Harald Eggers, Eberhard Fechner, Willem Fricke, Norbert Friese

Votes: 66

29. Bug Crawls (2008)

5 min | Short, Horror

A bug crawls over a house, which is located in a haunting environment.

Director: David Lynch

Votes: 606

30. The Passing (V) (2014)

9 min | Short, Horror, Mystery

A mysterious woman, a missing child and an ominous past converge on two detectives in this frightening tale.

Director: John Wynn | Stars: Lana McKissack, Ava Cantrell, Nathan Moore, Stacey Hinnen

Votes: 99

31. Dismal & Himself (2020)

8 min | Short

Dismal seeks to find color in his black and white world.

Director: Zach Larche | Star: Robert Camron Lannom

32. A Cold Wind (2020)

3 min | Short, Horror, Mystery

Alex and Álvaro go to visit Paflo, when they enter the house, something smells bad in the living room and they decide to investigate while Paflo prepares to receive them.

Director: Paflo | Stars: Alex Del Arco, Álvaro Sastre, Paflo, Enrique Camacho

Votes: 7

33. Tatort (1970– )
Episode: Vorstadtballade (2004)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Director: Martin Enlen | Stars: Udo Wachtveitl, Miroslav Nemec, Michael Fitz, Anna Brüggemann

Votes: 98

34. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Company Softball Team (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

Bill and Toony hold tryouts for their softball team and discover a player who will keep them from losing every game to their MeTV rivals. Gone Batty (1954), O-Solar-Meow (1967), Screwball Squirrel (1944), A Fink in the Rink (1971), A Squeak in the Deep (1966)

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Rich Koz

35. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Stormy Weather (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

A storm engulfs the studio and the cast of Toon In With Me is relegated to the basement for shelter, until they discover the Big Kahuna's top-secret panic room is not being used.

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

36. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Steve Lawrence, Kaye Ballard (1972)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights of this edition with guests Steve Lawrence and Kaye Ballard include: "Operation Minestrone" (a spoof of World War II films); musical performances from Steve (Sunshine Medley: "... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 31

37. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Bill Opens the Sunroof (2022)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

The studio sunroof gets stuck open while everybody but Bill, Toony, and Misty Drizzle is away on Spring Break: Hare Lift (1952), Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life (1965), Pink of the Litter (1967), Hop and Go (1943), Lighter Than Hare (1960).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Rich Koz