Top rated awfully slow movies that are also faithful to source material

Check out today’s highest ranked awfully slow and faithful to source material movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are awfully slow and faithful to source material, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Passing (2021)

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.

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2021-10-27 | Drama

Cast

Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    superb performance
  2. Ranked #1 for
    building up atmosphere
  3. Ranked #1 for
    MTV style editing

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Passing trailer
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2 Dune (2021)

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

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2021-09-15 | Science Fiction / Adventure

Cast

Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson

Rating

rating icon 7.786
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    remarkable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sweeping
  3. Ranked #1 for
    impatiently waited

Trailer

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3 The Dry (2021)

Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.

Info

2021-01-01 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly

Rating

rating icon 6.825
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    world-class
  2. Ranked #1 for
    evocative
  3. Ranked #2 for
    worthwhile

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4 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
    barbaric
  2. Ranked #1 for
    inhumane character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    snail pace

Trailer

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5 The Green Knight (2021)

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.

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2021-07-29 | Adventure / Drama

Cast

Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander

Rating

rating icon 6.596
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    arthurian
  2. Ranked #1 for
    epic story
  3. Ranked #1 for
    chivalry

Trailer

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6 Pinocchio (2019)

In this live-action adaptation of the beloved fairytale, old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, encountering magical beasts, fantastical spectacles, while making friends and foes along his journey. However, his dream is to become a real boy, which can only come true if he finally changes his ways.

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2019-12-19 | Drama / Family

Cast

Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    full of symbolism
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fantasia
  3. Ranked #1 for
    reasonably faithful

Trailer

Pinocchio trailer
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7 Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.

Info

2019-10-31 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Edward Norton, Bruce Willis

Rating

rating icon 6.703
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    noir style
  2. Ranked #2 for
    golden oldie
  3. Ranked #3 for
    fine

Trailer

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8 Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

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2022-07-14 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith

Rating

rating icon 7.549
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    Oscar worthy
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unblemished
  3. Ranked #3 for
    faithful to book

Trailer

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9 Nightmare Alley (2021)

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Info

2021-12-02 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fluke
  2. Ranked #1 for
    femme fatale
  3. Ranked #1 for
    hothead

Trailer

Nightmare Alley trailer
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10 Living (2022)

London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.

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2022-11-04 | Drama

Cast

Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood

Rating

rating icon 7.021
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    able supporting actor
  2. Ranked #1 for
    telling
  3. Ranked #2 for
    gentlemanly

Trailer

Living trailer
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