Dark Award-Winning Films
Bleak, uncompromising films that juries rewarded for going where most films won't.
The most awarded is Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), with 6 wins, followed by The Informer (4) and Rebecca (2). Among them, 22 won at least one Oscar. They were released between 1927 and 2003.
71 films recognised at the Oscars, the Golden Globes, Cannes or the Berlinale carry this mood. Ranked by wins. Moods are tagged automatically for each film, so treat them as a guide. Other moods.
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Dark films, most awarded first
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · 1h 34m
Drama · Romance
The Informer
1935 · 1h 31m
Crime · Drama
Rebecca
1940 · 2h 10m
Mystery · Romance · Thriller · Drama
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · 2h 59m
Adventure · Fantasy · Action
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · 2h 13m
Drama · War
Citizen Kane
1941 · 1h 59m
Mystery · Drama
Road to Perdition
2002 · 1h 57m
Crime · Drama · Thriller
The Patriot
1928 · 1h 53m
Drama · History
Viva Villa!
1934 · 1h 55m
Western
The Westerner
1940 · 1h 40m
Western
All That Money Can Buy
1941 · 1h 47m
Drama · Fantasy
Blood and Sand
1941 · 2h 5m
Drama · Romance
The Last Command
1928 · 1h 28m
Drama · History · War
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 · 1h 37m
History · Drama
Churchill's Island
1941 · 21m
War
Eskimo
1933 · 1h 57m
Drama · Action · Adventure
Kukan: The Battle Cry of China
1941 · 1h 30m
Manhattan Melodrama
1934 · 1h 33m
Crime · Drama · Romance
Of Pups and Puzzles
1941 · 10m
War
Tempest
1928 · 1h 51m
Drama · Romance
The Great McGinty
1940 · 1h 22m
Comedy
White Shadows in the South Seas
1928 · 1h 28m
Romance · Adventure · Drama
The Letter
1940 · 1h 35m
Crime · Drama
The Great Dictator
1940 · 2h 5m
Comedy · War
Anna Christie
1930 · 1h 25m
Drama
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941 · 1h 53m
Drama · Horror · Sci-Fi
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 · 1h 32m
Drama · Crime
Sundown
1941 · 1h 30m
War · Drama · Adventure
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
1927 · 1h 9m
Adventure · Drama
Dark Command
1940 · 1h 34m
Drama · Romance · Western
Ladies in Retirement
1941 · 1h 31m
Drama · Thriller
Sadie Thompson
1928 · 1h 37m
Drama · Romance
The Crowd
1928 · 1h 38m
Drama · Romance
A Place to Live
1941 · 17m
Barbary Coast
1935 · 1h 30m
Romance · Western · Drama
Black Fury
1935 · 1h 34m
Drama
Blues in the Night
1941 · 1h 28m
Crime · Drama · Music
Condemned!
1929 · 1h 26m
Action · Drama · Thriller
Five Star Final
1931 · 1h 29m
Crime · Drama
Forbidden Passage
1941 · 21m
Crime · Drama
Hell's Angels
1930 · 2h 11m
Drama · War · Action
Hide-Out
1934 · 1h 21m
Comedy · Crime · Drama · Romance
How War Came
1941 · 8m
King of the Zombies
1941 · 1h 7m
Horror · Comedy
Men in Black
1934 · 19m
Comedy
Mercy Island
1941 · 1h 12m
Crime · Drama
Minority Report
2002 · 2h 25m
Sci-Fi · Action · Thriller
More About Nostradamus
1941 · 11m
History · Drama
Mount Head
2002 · 10m
Comedy · Fantasy
Night Train to Munich
1940 · 1h 36m
Drama · Thriller · War
Norway in Revolt
1941 · 20m
Of Human Bondage
1934 · 1h 23m
Drama · Romance
Primrose Path
1940 · 1h 33m
Drama · Romance
Prisoner of Paradise
2003 · 1h 36m
Rasputin and the Empress
1932 · 2h 1m
Drama · History
She Done Him Wrong
1933 · 1h 5m
Comedy · Crime
She Loves Me Not
1934 · 1h 25m
Comedy · Crime
Siege
1940 · 10m
So Ends Our Night
1941 · 1h 57m
War · Drama
The Devil Dancer
1927 · 1h 13m
Drama · Romance
The House of Rothschild
1934 · 1h 28m
Drama · History · Romance
The House of the Seven Gables
1940 · 1h 29m
Thriller · Drama · Romance
The Invisible Man Returns
1940 · 1h 21m
Horror · Sci-Fi
The Letter
1929 · 1h 5m
Drama
The Lost Patrol
1934 · 1h 13m
Action · War
The Noose
1928 · 1h 5m
Drama
The Racket
1928 · 1h 24m
Crime · Drama
The Sign of the Cross
1932 · 2h 6m
Drama · History
Thunderbolt
1929 · 1h 31m
Crime · Drama
What, No Men?
1935 · 21m
Comedy
Women in War
1940 · 1h 11m
Drama · War