Top rated 40 refreshing take movies with acclaimed director

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

1 Goodbye, Petrushka (2022)

Claire moves impulsively from NYC to Paris, where she nannies for the family from hell, battles wacky French bureaucrats, embarrasses herself in front of her Parisian crush and navigates a toxic relationship - among other faux pas.

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2022-06-12 | Comedy / Romance

Cast

Lizzie Kehoe, Thomas Vieljeux

Rating

rating icon 5.214
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    purely delightful character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    utterly charming
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sweet and endearing

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2 The Prototype (2022)

A government agent stumbles upon an alien conspiracy to conquer Earth. Using a blue liquid created by the aliens to make soldiers stronger, he becomes The Prototype-the only hope for mankind.

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2022-02-25 | Action / Science Fiction

Cast

Victoria De Mare, Theresa Tilly

Rating

rating icon 4.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    state of art special effect
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stunning visual
  3. Ranked #1 for
    multidimensional character

Trailer

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3 Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)

A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.

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2022-09-30 | Mystery / Fantasy

Cast

Jun Jong-seo, Kate Hudson

Rating

rating icon 6.336
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    smooth ride
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fevered
  3. Ranked #1 for
    funky

Trailer

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4 The Half of It (2020)

Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.

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2020-05-01 | Comedy / Romance

Cast

Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer

Rating

rating icon 7.103
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    lot of talking
  2. Ranked #1 for
    platonic love
  3. Ranked #2 for
    socially awkward

Trailer

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5 See You Next Christmas (2021)

Annie and Tom Clark throw an annual holiday party, “Clarkmas.” It’s become the go-to event for their ragtag group of friends. When chronically single Natalie and Logan continue to run into each other at the party year after year, they begin to wonder if maybe they’re meant to be...

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2021-08-20 | Romance / Comedy

Cast

Elizabeth Guest, AJ Meijer

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    literate script
  2. Ranked #2 for
    fun-loving
  3. Ranked #2 for
    unique spin

Trailer

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6 Vengeance (2022)

A journalist and podcaster from New York City travels to West Texas in order to report on the death of a girl he was hooking up with.

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2022-07-29 | Comedy / Mystery

Cast

B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook

Rating

rating icon 6.623
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fish out of water
  2. Ranked #1 for
    insightful
  3. Ranked #2 for
    cultured

Trailer

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7 Candyman (2021)

Anthony and his partner move into a loft in the now gentrified Cabrini-Green. After a chance encounter with an old-timer exposes Anthony to the true story behind Candyman, he unknowingly opens a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifying wave of violence.

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2021-08-25 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris

Rating

rating icon 6.042
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sociopolitical
  2. Ranked #1 for
    socially aware character
  3. Ranked #2 for
    Urban Legend

Trailer

Candyman trailer
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8 The Souvenir: Part II (2021)

In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.

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2021-10-11 | Drama

Cast

Honor Swinton Byrne, Richard Ayoade

Rating

rating icon 6.42
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    hubristic
  2. Ranked #3 for
    petite actress
  3. Ranked #4 for
    patient

Trailer

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9 Knives Out (2019)

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

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2019-11-27 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Daniel Craig, Chris Evans

Rating

rating icon 7.848
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    eclectic cast
  2. Ranked #1 for
    large cast
  3. Ranked #1 for
    whodunit

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Knives Out trailer
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10 The Harder They Fall (2021)

Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.

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2021-10-22 | Western

Cast

Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba

Rating

rating icon 6.648
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fitting soundtrack
  2. Ranked #2 for
    hip movie
  3. Ranked #2 for
    washed out

Trailer

The Harder They Fall trailer
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