Top rated 25 wonderfully inventive theme movies with subtle directing

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a wonderfully inventive theme and subtle directing! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a wonderfully inventive theme and subtle directing, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Shirley (2020)

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

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2020-09-11 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young

Rating

rating icon 6.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    creative directing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    literary genius
  3. Ranked #2 for
    analytic

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2 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
    disciplinarian
  2. Ranked #1 for
    inhumane character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    distinctive directing

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3 Strawberry Mansion (2021)

In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella “Bella” Isadora, an eccentric, aging artist. Entering Bella’s vast VHS archive, which contains a lifetime of dreams, Preble stumbles upon a secret that offers him a chance at love—and hope for escape.

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2021-07-22 | Fantasy / Science Fiction

Cast

Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley

Rating

rating icon 6.765
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    twisted logic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    euphoric character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    aesthetically valuable

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4 Hinterland (2021)

Vienna, 1920. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has collapsed. Peter Perg returns home from the Great War, after years of captivity. But the Vienna he comes home to is nothing like the place he once knew. The new Austrian Republic thrives on social and artistic freedom, but anti-democratic movements and unemployment loom overhead. A stranger in his hometown, his life takes a turn for the worse when one of his former comrades is murdered. Suddenly the mysterious killings of veterans are mounting. Personally connected to the victims, Perg decides to bring the killer to justice. He finds an ally in the cool-headed forensic doctor Theresa Körner, with whom he has a deeper, shared history. Their investigation leads them into the darkest corners of the city, as they confront a brutal and systematic killer and intrigues from within the police force. But when the killer’s net closes around Perg himself, he faces the moral dilemma of his life.

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2021-10-07 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Murathan Muslu, Liv Lisa Fries

Rating

rating icon 6.341
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    homesick
  2. Ranked #1 for
    chilling thrills
  3. Ranked #2 for
    taut and thrilling

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5 Vesper (2022)

After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.

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2022-08-17 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan

Rating

rating icon 6.396
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    post-apocalyptic future
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slimy cast
  3. Ranked #2 for
    completely enthralling

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6 The Painted Bird (2019)

A young boy wanders Eastern Europe during World War II.

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2019-09-12 | War / Drama

Cast

Petr Kotlár, Nina Šunevič

Rating

rating icon 7.073
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    act of cruelty
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unspeakable act
  3. Ranked #2 for
    uncompromising

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7 Hellbender (2021)

A teen and her mother live simply in a home in the woods, spending their time making metal music. A chance encounter with a fellow teen causes her to uncover a connection between her family and witchcraft, which causes a rift with her mother.

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2021-09-28 | Horror

Cast

Zelda Adams, Toby Poser

Rating

rating icon 5.425
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    meet expectations
  2. Ranked #3 for
    Goth
  3. Ranked #4 for
    nifty

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8 A Hidden Life (2019)

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

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2019-08-27 | History / Drama

Cast

August Diehl, Valerie Pachner

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    ultimate sacrifice
  2. Ranked #1 for
    conscientious
  3. Ranked #1 for
    transcendent

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9 Caveat (2021)

A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.

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2021-10-20 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Jonathan French, Leila Sykes

Rating

rating icon 6.111
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    creepier
  2. Ranked #2 for
    skin crawling
  3. Ranked #2 for
    total darkness

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10 The Whistlers (2019)

A Romanian police officer, determined to free from prison a crooked businessman who knows where a mobster's money is hidden, must learn the difficult ancestral whistling language (Silbo Gomero) used on the island of Gomera.

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2019-09-13 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Catrinel Marlon, Vlad Ivanov

Rating

rating icon 6.045
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    coherent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    noirish
  3. Ranked #1 for
    discrete plot

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