Top rated movies with retro-style directing that have well-developed character

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with retro-style directing and well-developed character! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with retro-style directing and well-developed character, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Fear Street: 1978 (2021)

In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.

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2021-07-08 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd

Rating

rating icon 7.185
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    particularly likable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unabated
  3. Ranked #1 for
    upgraded

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2 X (2022)

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.

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2022-03-17 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega

Rating

rating icon 6.749
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    like The Final Girls
  2. Ranked #2 for
    hardcore
  3. Ranked #2 for
    throwback movie

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3 The Black Phone (2022)

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

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2022-06-22 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke

Rating

rating icon 7.61
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    bone chilling
  2. Ranked #2 for
    lovecraftian
  3. Ranked #4 for
    hair-raising

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4 Blinded by the Light (2019)

In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.

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2019-08-09 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Viveik Kalra, Nell Williams

Rating

rating icon 6.938
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    facile
  2. Ranked #2 for
    applauded ending
  3. Ranked #3 for
    new wave

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5 Misbehaviour (2020)

A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the newly-formed organization. When the show resumed, the results caused an uproar and turned the Western ideal of beauty on its head.

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2020-03-12 | Drama / History

Cast

Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Rating

rating icon 6.42
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    glamor girl
  2. Ranked #1 for
    still resonating
  3. Ranked #2 for
    classless

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6 The Tender Bar (2021)

JR is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her — and leave the dilapidated home of her outrageous if begrudgingly supportive father — JR begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams, with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar.

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2021-12-17 | Drama

Cast

Tye Sheridan, Ben Affleck

Rating

rating icon 6.618
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    father figure
  2. Ranked #1 for
    role model
  3. Ranked #3 for
    solid directing

Trailer

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7 Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

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2021-11-18 | Fantasy / Comedy

Cast

Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard

Rating

rating icon 7.385
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    for Valentine's Day
  2. Ranked #3 for
    fitting tribute
  3. Ranked #3 for
    throwback movie

Trailer

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8 Air (2023)

Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.

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2023-04-05 | Drama / History

Cast

Matt Damon, Ben Affleck

Rating

rating icon 7.347
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    popular
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slam-dunk
  3. Ranked #2 for
    pop-cultural

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9 Summer of 85 (2020)

What do you dream of when you're 16-years-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alexis grew into himself.

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2020-07-14 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin

Rating

rating icon 7.371
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    warped view
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lasting forever
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unique perspective

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10 Licorice Pizza (2021)

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

Info

2021-11-26 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman

Rating

rating icon 6.978
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #5 for
    series of vignettes
  2. Ranked #5 for
    ambling
  3. Ranked #7 for
    slice of life

Trailer

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