Top rated academic movies with a riveting finish

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

1 Who You Think I Am (2019)

Claire, a romantically spurned 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman to spy on her on-and-off lover.

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2019-02-27 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Juliette Binoche, Nicole Garcia

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most revealing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    gradually developed
  3. Ranked #1 for
    blithe

Trailer

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2 The Velvet Underground (2021)

Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.

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2021-10-15 | Documentary / Music

Cast

Lou Reed, John Cale

Rating

rating icon 6.832
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    cast with unique characteristics
  2. Ranked #3 for
    painting vivid picture
  3. Ranked #3 for
    acid trip

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3 Better Days (2019)

A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.

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2019-10-25 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Zhou Dongyu, Jackson Yee

Rating

rating icon 8.135
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    protector
  2. Ranked #4 for
    severe editing
  3. Ranked #5 for
    architectural

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4 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
    ambiguous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    multifaceted plot

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5 Hunt (2022)

After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.

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2022-08-10 | Action / Mystery

Cast

Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung

Rating

rating icon 6.657
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    overly complicated
  2. Ranked #1 for
    locking horns
  3. Ranked #1 for
    action-oriented

Trailer

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6 The Endless Trench (2019)

A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to use a hole dug in his own house as a temporary hideout.

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2019-10-31 | Drama / History

Cast

Antonio de la Torre, Belén Cuesta

Rating

rating icon 6.86
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pacifism
  2. Ranked #1 for
    never-ending
  3. Ranked #2 for
    seemingly endless

Trailer

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7 Emily the Criminal (2022)

Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.

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2022-08-12 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi

Rating

rating icon 6.69
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    wholly convincing acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lean
  3. Ranked #1 for
    with crime elements

Trailer

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8 Saint Omer (2022)

A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are steadily dislodged as the life story of the accused is gradually revealed.

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2022-11-23 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda

Rating

rating icon 6.318
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fresh look
  2. Ranked #1 for
    empathetic character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    providing answers

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9 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

Trailer

Happening trailer
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10 Collective (2019)

In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move into action uncovering the mass corruption of the health system and of the state institutions. Collective follows journalists, whistle blowers, and authorities alike. An immersive and uncompromising look into a dysfunctional system, exposing corruption, propaganda, and manipulation that nowadays affect not only Romania, but societies around the world.

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2019-02-13 | Documentary

Cast

Cătălin Tolontan, Mirela Neag

Rating

rating icon 7.609
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    timely reminder
  2. Ranked #1 for
    vested interest
  3. Ranked #2 for
    leaving mark

Trailer

Collective trailer
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