Top rated 25 artistic approach movies with excellent directing

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with an artistic approach and excellent directing! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with an artistic approach and excellent directing, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Two Popes (2019)

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

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2019-11-27 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    for Catholic contemplation
  2. Ranked #1 for
    splendid
  3. Ranked #1 for
    humanized

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2 A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)

The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr. Big, she's forced into taking drastic action to protect her children, evolving from downtrodden submissive to take-charge vigilante.

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2019-10-25 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg

Rating

rating icon 6.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    different approach
  2. Ranked #2 for
    perfectly watchable
  3. Ranked #2 for
    shattering climax

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3 Nomadland (2021)

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

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2021-01-29 | Drama

Cast

Frances McDormand, David Strathairn

Rating

rating icon 7.215
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    rootless character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    overrated
  3. Ranked #2 for
    shortlisted

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4 The Dead Center (2019)

When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.

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2019-10-11 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    truly terrified
  2. Ranked #2 for
    source of evil
  3. Ranked #2 for
    convincing manner

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5 Chess Story (2021)

1938. While the Nazi troops march into Vienna, the lawyer Josef Bartok hastily tries to escape to the USA with his wife but is arrested by the Gestapo. Bartok remains steadfast and refuses to cooperate with the Gestapo that requires confidential information from him. Thrown into solitary confinement, Bartok is psychologically tormented for months and begins to weaken. However, when he steals an old book about chess it sets him on course to overcome the mental suffering inflicted upon him, until it becomes a dangerous obsession.

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2021-09-23 | History / Drama

Cast

Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch

Rating

rating icon 7.086
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fruitful
  2. Ranked #2 for
    artistic approach
  3. Ranked #3 for
    underacting

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6 The East (2021)

A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands’ colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander’s elite squad.

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2021-08-13 | War / Drama

Cast

Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari

Rating

rating icon 5.98
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    room for improvement
  2. Ranked #2 for
    historical
  3. Ranked #3 for
    evil deeds

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7 Yes, God, Yes (2020)

Alice, a young innocent Catholic girl, is tempted into masturbating after an AOL chat suddenly turns sexual, however is conflicted as the act would be considered a sin.

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2020-07-24 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Natalia Dyer, Timothy Simons

Rating

rating icon 6.334
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    never missing a beat
  2. Ranked #1 for
    religious
  3. Ranked #1 for
    hypocritical

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8 White Lie (2019)

Katie Arneson is faking cancer. A university dance major, Katie's falsified diagnosis and counterfeit fundraising have transformed her into a campus celebrity surrounded by the supportive community she's always dreamed of. But now dependent on a bursary for sick students to maintain her ruse, Katie learns the funding is in jeopardy unless she can provide copies of her medical records within the week.

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2019-09-07 | Drama

Cast

Kacey Rohl, Amber Anderson

Rating

rating icon 6.606
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    talented
  2. Ranked #1 for
    abhorrent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    multitalented director

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9 Thirteen Lives (2022)

Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.

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2022-07-18 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell

Rating

rating icon 7.898
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    on tenterhooks
  2. Ranked #2 for
    stellar
  3. Ranked #2 for
    masterfully capturing

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10 Petite maman (2021)

After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a strangely familiar girl her own age in the woods. Instantly forming a connection with this mysterious new friend, Nelly embarks on a fantastical journey of discovery which helps her come to terms with this newfound loss.

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2021-06-02 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz

Rating

rating icon 7.158
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    comforting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    childhood
  3. Ranked #1 for
    minimalist style

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