Top rated 25 hot button movies with engaging directing

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

1 The Rhythm Section (2020)

When she discovers the plane crash that claimed the lives of her family was no accident, Stephanie Patrick enters the dark, complex world of international espionage seeking vengeance. With nothing left to lose, Stephanie transforms from victim to assassin and discovers that neither revenge nor the truth are what they appear.

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2020-01-31 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Blake Lively, Jude Law

Rating

rating icon 5.52
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    zesty
  2. Ranked #1 for
    engaging directing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    believable

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2 Luce (2019)

A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.

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2019-08-02 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Kelvin Harrison Jr., Naomi Watts

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    loose thread
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pronounced actor
  3. Ranked #1 for
    layered

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3 Nanny (2022)

Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City, finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and a growing rage.

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2022-11-23 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan

Rating

rating icon 5.286
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tacked on
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ending rather abruptly
  3. Ranked #1 for
    holding interest

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4 His House (2020)

After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.

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2020-01-27 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fresh spin
  2. Ranked #1 for
    effectively scary
  3. Ranked #2 for
    few jump scares

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5 Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.

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2019-09-06 | Drama / History

Cast

Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp

Rating

rating icon 5.942
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    inhumane character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    barbaric
  3. Ranked #1 for
    snail pace

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6 Sorry We Missed You (2019)

Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.

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2019-10-04 | Drama

Cast

Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stark reality
  2. Ranked #1 for
    social realism
  3. Ranked #1 for
    hard

Trailer

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7 Stars at Noon (2022)

In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country.

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2022-10-14 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Multigenre
  2. Ranked #1 for
    vixen
  3. Ranked #1 for
    committed performance

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8 I'm Your Man (2021)

Alma is a scientist coerced into participating in an extraordinary study in order to obtain research funds for her work. For three weeks, she has to live with a humanoid robot tailored to her character and needs, whose artificial intelligence is designed to be the perfect life partner for her. Enter Tom, a machine in human form in a class of its own, created solely to make her happy.

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2021-07-01 | Science Fiction / Comedy

Cast

Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens

Rating

rating icon 6.837
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    perceptive
  2. Ranked #1 for
    thoughtful
  3. Ranked #1 for
    raising questions

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9 Wolf (2021)

Jacob, a man who believes he is a wolf trapped in a human body, is sent to a clinic by his family where he is forced to undergo increasingly extreme forms of "curative" therapies at the hands of The Zookeeper. Jacob’s only solace is the enigmatic Wildcat, with whom he roams the hospital in the dead of night. The two form an improbable friendship that develops into infatuation.

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2021-12-03 | Drama

Cast

George MacKay, Lily-Rose Depp

Rating

rating icon 5.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    challenging role
  2. Ranked #1 for
    brilliant casting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    milder

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10 Women Talking (2022)

A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.

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2022-12-23 | Drama

Cast

Rooney Mara, Claire Foy

Rating

rating icon 6.895
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    for discussion
  2. Ranked #1 for
    great story
  3. Ranked #1 for
    for philosophical discussion

Trailer

Women Talking trailer
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