The Best Dark Movies to Watch on Amazon Prime
If you’re ready to unleash your dark side, there are plenty of fantastic picks to enjoy, from pitch black comedy to crime thrillers and dystopian sci-fi. Here are the best and dark-themed movies and shows to stream right now.
A fresh addition to the toxic masculinity cinema canon that spotlights Jesse Eisenberg like never before.
A masked vigilante invites the nation of South Korea to enact justice in this high-stakes thriller.
Oppressively bleak Filipino wartime horror with a unique look and impressive performances.
A harrowing, uncompromising account of efforts to save LGBTQ+ Chechens from Russian authorities.
A difficult but important watch about the real-life child abuse ring that went overlooked in England .
An observational documentary about the everyday horrors of toxic masculinity.
The new girl discovers a chilling town secret in this underrated, challenging neo-noir.
The Brothers Quay fascinates and befuddles in their unsettling first live-action feature.
Carving out a genre of its own, enter the most unusual sitcom you have ever watched. .
The master of the thrill returns to giallo in this terrifying serial killer thriller.
Director Abel Ferrara provocatively mixes the profane and the blessed to transcendent effect in this gritty interrogation of redemption.
Three stellar sci-fi shorts form a disturbing and deadly vision of the future.
A unique romantic comedy that takes dark and unexpected turns.
A subversive, gothic character study anchored by Florence Pugh’s ferocious breakout performance .
The line between good and evil blurs in this dusty, gritty Outback Western.
A dark comedy about failed British terrorists that mixes accuracy with hilariousness .
An apartment building slowly scrambles into chaos in this unsettling psychological thriller.
Before Mean Girls and Clueless, there was Heathers, the darkly funny teen film that follows Veronica (Winona Ryder) as she tries to get in the school’s most popular clique, the Heathers. What makes Heathers timeless is its scathing satire. You’ll find yourselves chuckling at dark themes, although Heathers reminds you that that’s the point. Beneath […]
Never has evil been so darn fun to watch. Bridget (Linda Fiorentino) is such a captivating villainess, you’ll actually find yourself rooting for her at times in this noirish take on…, I don’t know what, but it involves drug money, double-crosses, lots of witty repartee and cat-and-mouse manipulation that will make your stomach hurt. The […]
Ever wondered how much your life will change when faced with the reality that death is about to come? That’s normal, and not nearly as life-altering as being told you only have a few more moments to live. Because of a terminal illness, Uxbal (Javier Bardem) is driven to this situation and tries to right […]
A unique drama whose visual inventiveness does little to deepen its sensitive subject matter.
Stylish, western-influenced noir that ultimately just goes through the motions.
Stellar filmmaking in support of a punishingly bleak series of storylines.
An intriguing, if half-baked, dark comedy about one woman’s spiral into madness.
This gothic horror-ification of Poirot is a hit-and-miss experiment from director-star Kenneth Branagh.
