Top movies with a serious approach that have a gripping drama

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a serious approach and a gripping drama! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a serious approach and a gripping drama, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Mauritanian (2021)

The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.

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2021-02-12 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster

Rating

rating icon 7.427
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely astonishing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    truly unforgettable
  3. Ranked #2 for
    asking questions

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2 Happening (2021)

France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so.

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2021-11-04 | Drama

Cast

Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein

Rating

rating icon 7.236
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    unglamorous
  2. Ranked #2 for
    controversial topic
  3. Ranked #4 for
    gore factor

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3 Broker (2022)

Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price. Meanwhile, detectives were watching, and they quietly track them down to capture the crucial evidence.

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2022-06-08 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won

Rating

rating icon 7.164
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with poignant moments
  2. Ranked #3 for
    warm
  3. Ranked #3 for
    unplanned

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4 The Hand of God (2021)

In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved from a freak accident by football legend Diego Maradona.

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2021-11-24 | Drama

Cast

Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo

Rating

rating icon 7.566
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slice of life
  2. Ranked #2 for
    stylish camera work
  3. Ranked #2 for
    stylistic flourish

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5 Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

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2021-02-12 | Drama / History

Cast

Lakeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya

Rating

rating icon 7.346
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    real deal
  2. Ranked #1 for
    electrifying
  3. Ranked #1 for
    potent

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6 The Birdcatcher (2019)

Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.

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2019-03-08 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Arthur Hakalahti

Rating

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unique spin
  2. Ranked #1 for
    wholly unbelievable
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fresh idea

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7 The Novice (2021)

A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.

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2021-12-17 | Drama

Cast

Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    less ambitious
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unmatched
  3. Ranked #1 for
    first timer

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8 She Said (2022)

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.

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2022-11-17 | Drama / History

Cast

Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan

Rating

rating icon 7.253
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    crusading
  2. Ranked #1 for
    heartfelt drama
  3. Ranked #1 for
    intrepid

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9 Thirteen Lives (2022)

Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.

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2022-07-18 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell

Rating

rating icon 7.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    on tenterhooks
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stellar
  3. Ranked #2 for
    gripping start

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10 7500 (2019)

When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.

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2019-12-26 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar

Rating

rating icon 6.15
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    realistic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ultrarealistic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    most realistic

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