Dark/Heavy or Fairly Dark/Heavy Dramas and Movies
Dramas and movies that have dark/heavy or fairly dark/heavy concepts and/or characters.
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1. The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
Japanese Movie - 2021
Very dark and heavy with lots of gore but also a strange sense of beauty in its twistedness.
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2. Ghost Lab
Thai Movie - 2021
Some of the darkest shit I've seen. Very dark and heavy. Not only in atmosphere but also with characters and virtually every other aspect of it.
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3. Monster
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
Very heavy and dark with killers, imagery, twisted characters, and unclear morals.
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4. The Effect
Thai Drama - 2019, 3 episodes
Very dark and heavy. To be watched only once for how important it is. Don't watch without reading all the tags.
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5. Squid Game
Korean Drama - 2021, 9 episodes
Very dark and heavy with a lot of gore and incredibly grey/black characters.
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6. Manner of Death
Thai Drama - 2020, 14 episodes
Dark concepts, themes, and imagery but also balanced with romance, humor, and character-building.
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7. Night Flight
Korean Movie - 2014
VERY dark and heavy. A one-time but important watch. Don't watch without reading all the tags.
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8. Strangers from Hell
Korean Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
VERY dark, twisted, heavy, and gory. It was a bloody and sweaty fever dream.
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9. My Name
Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
Lots of brutal and bloody fight scenes.
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10. He is Psychometric
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
It's fairly dark due to the atmosphere and some gore. But, really, it's heavy. So heavy. What makes it so heavy is how much hurt there is here. And as a viewer, you will feel that hurt with them.
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11. Antique Bakery
Korean Movie - 2008
Humorous but also dark at its core.
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12. Nibiiro no Hako no Naka de
Japanese Drama - 2020, 6 episodes
On its surface normal but in reality is heavy.
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13. Kuzu no Honkai
Japanese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
Fairly dark with incredibly twisted thoughts/actions from morally grey/dark characters.
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14. Akai Ito
Japanese Drama - 2008, 11 episodes
Fairly dark with drug use, death, and suicide/suicide attempts.
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15. Long Time No See
Korean Drama - 2017, 5 episodes
Lightly dark and also humorous.
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16. Psychopath Diary
Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
Fairly dark but also fairly humorous.
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17. Kakegurui
Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
Fairly twisted but also fairly funny.
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18. Utsukushii Kare
Japanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes
Hira is fairly masochistic and his imagination can be very dark.
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19. The Player
Thai Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
Fairly dark.
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20. KinnPorsche
Thai Drama - 2022, 14 episodes
Times where it is fairly dark.
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21. Train to Busan
Korean Movie - 2016
Lots of gore and darkness due to human nature.
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22. That Night
Korean Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
Gore that is horrifyingly shocking and darkness due to injustice.
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23. The School Nurse Files
Korean Drama - 2020, 6 episodes
Surprising amounts of "body horror."
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24. Inside Criminal Minds
Korean Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
Small amounts of gore and darkness due to the minds of criminals.
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25. Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoshi
Japanese Drama - 2023, 9 episodes
Dark humor and dark thoughts related to suicide.
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26. Weak Hero
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
Bloody and brutal. What you see and what you experience seeing it.
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27. Light on Series: The Bad Kids
Chinese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
Very heavy and bone-chilling.
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28. My Mister
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
Heavy but comforting.
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29. Project S The Series: Skate Our Souls
Thai Drama - 2017, 8 episodes
Very dark topics/themes.
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30. Shounen no Abyss
Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
An incredibly bleak and dark atmosphere with themes and topics to match as well as blood.
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31. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
Leaves you with a heavy aching in your chest.
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32. Influence
Japanese Drama - 2021, 5 episodes
Dark plot overall.
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33. D.P. Season 2
Korean Drama - 2023, 6 episodes
Very dark and heavy.
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34. Dead Friend Forever - DFF
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Gory and twisted as fuck!
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35. Somebody
Korean Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
Vicerally disturbing gore and just overall incredibly dark.
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36. Girl from Nowhere
Thai Drama - 2018, 13 episodes
Visceral, gory, and dark.
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37. Girl From Nowhere Season 2
Thai Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
Just as visceral, gory, and dark as the first season.