Top rated thick movies that are also intellectually challenging

Check out today’s highest ranked thick and intellectually challenging movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are thick and intellectually challenging, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 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 6.407
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People's Taste Ranking

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

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How to Blow Up a Pipeline trailer
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2 Charlotte (2021)

The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. Her first love applauds her talent, which emboldens her resolve. When anti-Semitic policies inspire violent mobs, she escapes to the safety of the South of France. There she begins to paint again, and finds new love. But her work is interrupted, this time by a family tragedy that reveals an even darker secret. Believing that only an extraordinary act will save her, she embarks on the monumental adventure of painting her life story.

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2021-09-13 | Animation / Drama

Cast

Keira Knightley, Sam Claflin

Rating

rating icon 6.565
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    heavy topic
  2. Ranked #3 for
    enormously talented
  3. Ranked #4 for
    prodigious talent

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Charlotte trailer
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3 France (2021)

A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.

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2021-08-25 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Léa Seydoux, Blanche Gardin

Rating

rating icon 5.239
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    wooing plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    drama queen
  3. Ranked #1 for
    beyond scopes

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4 The Tangle (2019)

In the near future, The Tangle, an A.I. utilising airborne nanotech, connects the world. It is a benevolent guardian, returning law and order to society. To ensure that The Tangle never turns rogue, a government agency watches over the tech from within safe rooms, locations impermeable to the nanobots that make up The Tangle. When field agent Margot Foster is found dead in one of these rooms, the agency needs to investigate the first murder in years.

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2019-11-15 | Science Fiction / Thriller

Cast

Joshua Bitton, Christopher Soren Kelly

Rating

rating icon 5.294
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    garbling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    indecipherable
  3. Ranked #1 for
    poetic

Trailer

The Tangle trailer
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5 Herself (2020)

Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.

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2020-11-26 | Drama

Cast

Clare Dunne, Molly McCann

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tenacious
  2. Ranked #1 for
    important topic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    abusive

Trailer

Herself trailer
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6 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 6.361
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    ambiguous
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pronounced actor
  3. Ranked #1 for
    multifaceted plot

Trailer

Luce trailer
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7 Monos (2019)

On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.

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2019-08-15 | Drama / Adventure

Cast

Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson

Rating

rating icon 6.673
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    uncomfortable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sumptuous cinematography
  3. Ranked #2 for
    dream logic

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Monos trailer
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8 The Humans (2021)

Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group’s deepest fears are laid bare.

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2021-11-24 | Drama

Cast

Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell

Rating

rating icon 6.109
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    talky
  2. Ranked #2 for
    bumping at night
  3. Ranked #2 for
    heavy dialogue

Trailer

The Humans trailer
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9 Seobok (2021)

Ex intelligence agent Ki-heon is tasked with safely transporting Seo Bok, the first ever human clone, who holds the secret of eternal life. Several forces try to take control of Seo Bok to serve their own agendas.

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2021-04-12 | Science Fiction / Action

Cast

Gong Yoo, Park Bo-gum

Rating

rating icon 7.206
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    emotional climax
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dramatic climax
  3. Ranked #1 for
    philosophical

Trailer

Seobok trailer
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10 American Skin (2019)

A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing trial, he takes matters into his own hands.

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2019-09-01 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi

Rating

rating icon 7.178
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    boggling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    mind-boggling
  3. Ranked #1 for
    conversation starter

Trailer

American Skin trailer
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