Top rated movies with a brave character and engaging directing

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a brave character and engaging directing! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a brave character 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
    engaging directing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    zesty
  3. Ranked #2 for
    convincing

Trailer

The Rhythm Section trailer
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2 Escape from Mogadishu (2021)

Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.

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2021-07-28 | War / Action

Cast

Kim Yoon-seok, Jo In-sung

Rating

rating icon 7.038
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    close call
  2. Ranked #2 for
    symmetry plots
  3. Ranked #2 for
    symmetrical directing

Trailer

Escape from Mogadishu trailer
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3 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
    vixen
  2. Ranked #1 for
    omnipresent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unlikable character

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Stars at Noon trailer
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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
    inhumane character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    barbaric
  3. Ranked #1 for
    disciplinarian

Trailer

Waiting for the Barbarians trailer
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5 Harriet (2019)

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

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2019-11-01 | Drama / History

Cast

Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr.

Rating

rating icon 7.343
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    characters existing in real life
  2. Ranked #2 for
    ingenuine directing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    accurate

Trailer

Harriet trailer
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6 All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

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2022-10-07 | Drama / War

Cast

Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch

Rating

rating icon 7.732
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    visceral
  2. Ranked #2 for
    raw
  3. Ranked #2 for
    disturbingly realistic

Trailer

All Quiet on the Western Front trailer
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7 Greyhound (2020)

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.

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2020-07-09 | War / Action

Cast

Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham

Rating

rating icon 7.412
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    shocking moment
  2. Ranked #2 for
    tense and exciting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    lean

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Greyhound trailer
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8 Latte and the Magic Waterstone (2019)

When a greedy bear steals a magic stone to keep the forest’s water for himself, a brave hedgehog and a timid squirrel must work together to retrieve it.

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2019-12-11 | Animation / Adventure

Cast

Luisa Wietzorek, Henning Baum

Rating

rating icon 6.752
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    finely tuned
  2. Ranked #2 for
    wise
  3. Ranked #3 for
    overly fond

Trailer

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9 The Woman King (2022)

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

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2022-09-16 | Action / Drama

Cast

Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu

Rating

rating icon 7.674
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    accurate
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fierce
  3. Ranked #2 for
    repackaged

Trailer

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10 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
    existential question
  2. Ranked #1 for
    milder
  3. Ranked #1 for
    brilliant casting

Trailer

Wolf trailer
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