Top rated movies with thin writing that have a gripping drama

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

1 Me and Me (2020)

In a small South Korean village, while investigating the death of two people in strange circumstances, a grumpy policeman will live an overwhelming experience beyond the reality he has known so far.

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2020-06-18 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Cho Jin-woong, Bae Soo-bin

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    thudding sound
  2. Ranked #1 for
    left hanging
  3. Ranked #2 for
    bit underwhelming

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2 A Call to Spy (2020)

The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.

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2020-10-02 | History / Crime

Cast

Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic

Rating

rating icon 6.845
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    valiant character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    with crowning moments
  3. Ranked #1 for
    brave

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3 How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)

A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.

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2023-04-07 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cast of unknown actors
  2. Ranked #1 for
    genuinely exciting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    drastic

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4 Beats (2019)

Summer 1994, Scotland. Johnno and Spanner are best mates, but Johnno’s family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape they head out on one last night to an illegal rave before parting ways indefinitely.

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2019-05-17 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Cristian Ortega, Lorn Macdonald

Rating

rating icon 6.715
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    funnier
  2. Ranked #1 for
    liberating
  3. Ranked #1 for
    average

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5 The Card Counter (2021)

William Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk. But keeping Cirk on the straight-and-narrow proves impossible, dragging Tell back into the darkness of his past.

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2021-09-03 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish

Rating

rating icon 6.131
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    with a bag of popcorn
  2. Ranked #3 for
    seedy topic
  3. Ranked #3 for
    roguish

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6 The Little Things (2021)

Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.

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2021-01-28 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Denzel Washington, Rami Malek

Rating

rating icon 6.331
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    damp squib
  2. Ranked #4 for
    psycho
  3. Ranked #4 for
    somewhat unsatisfying

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7 The Man with the Answers (2021)

Ex-championship diver Victoras whiles away his days on the Greek coast, toiling away at a factory with only his dreams, medals and grandmother for company. When a phone call summons him to Germany, a simple road trip is the answer - that is until he crosses paths with the handsome Mathias - a free-spirited hitchhiker who tempts Victoras to take the road not taken.

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2021-09-02 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Vasilis Magouliotis, Anton Weil

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    inquisitive character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cogent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    attractive

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8 The Operative (2019)

A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.

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2019-07-24 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman

Rating

rating icon 5.855
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pat ending
  2. Ranked #1 for
    inconclusive ending
  3. Ranked #2 for
    abrupt ending

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9 Master (2022)

At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, two black women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school's haunted past… and present.

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2022-03-18 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Regina Hall, Zoe Renee

Rating

rating icon 5.338
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    less than satisfying
  2. Ranked #1 for
    enormously talented
  3. Ranked #1 for
    lingering question

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10 Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)

Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

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2020-10-15 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Judi Dench, James D'Arcy

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    followable
  2. Ranked #2 for
    thin on ground
  3. Ranked #2 for
    odd casting

Trailer

Six Minutes to Midnight trailer
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