Highest ranked underplayed acting movies on Sundance Now

Check out today’s highest ranked underplayed acting movies on Sundance Now! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best underplayed acting movies on Sundance Now, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Short Term 12 (2013)

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

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2013-08-23 | Drama

Cast

Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr.

Rating

rating icon 7.767
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #53 for
    low-key approach
  2. Ranked #80 for
    wayward
  3. Ranked #91 for
    with daddy issue

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2 Ida (2013)

Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.

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2013-10-25 | Drama

Cast

Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska

Rating

rating icon 7.246
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #27 for
    symmetry plots
  2. Ranked #85 for
    reverse shot
  3. Ranked #109 for
    masterpiece

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3 Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he must keep his personal life tucked away: the fact that he is seeking political refuge in Québec – and that he, like the children, has suffered an appalling loss.

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2011-09-10 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Mohamed Fellag, Émilien Néron

Rating

rating icon 7.101
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #43 for
    low-key approach
  2. Ranked #64 for
    good story
  3. Ranked #74 for
    consoling

Trailer

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4 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece

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2009-02-27 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #31 for
    like The Da Vinci Code
  2. Ranked #97 for
    emo character
  3. Ranked #118 for
    with daddy issue

Trailer

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5 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 6.608
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People's Taste Ranking

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

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6 Benjamin (2019)

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film ’No Self' at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.

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2019-03-15 | Romance / Comedy

Cast

Colin Morgan, Phénix Brossard

Rating

rating icon 6.274
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pretty thin
  2. Ranked #1 for
    acting with awkward pauses
  3. Ranked #1 for
    blowing socks off

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7 I Killed My Mother (2009)

Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.

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2009-06-05 | Drama

Cast

Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan

Rating

rating icon 7.507
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #46 for
    tour de force
  2. Ranked #105 for
    smug
  3. Ranked #175 for
    spoiled brat

Trailer

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8 The Illusionist (2006)

With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

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2006-08-18 | Fantasy / Drama

Cast

Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #27 for
    with sleight of hand
  2. Ranked #59 for
    sepia tone
  3. Ranked #67 for
    disappearing acting

Trailer

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9 José (2020)

José lives with his mother in Guatemala: a tough life in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. José is her youngest and favorite child, and her life is going to church and selling sandwiches. He spends his days on crowded buses and in the streets delivering food. Resigned and aloof, in free moments he plays with his phone and looks for random sex. When he meets Luis, José is thrust into a dimension of passion and pain and self-reflection that was previously unimaginable.

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2020-01-31 | Drama

Cast

Enrique Salanic, Manolo Herrera

Rating

rating icon 5.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unapologetic
  2. Ranked #2 for
    utterly captivating
  3. Ranked #3 for
    raw and gritty

Trailer

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10 Sweet Country (2018)

In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.

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2018-01-25 | Western / Crime

Cast

Hamilton Morris, Bryan Brown

Rating

rating icon 6.639
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #95 for
    potty-mouthed
  2. Ranked #143 for
    westernized
  3. Ranked #159 for
    miscarriage of justice

Trailer

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