Top rated 25 overarching theme movies with solid directing

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

1 Maysville (2021)

In 1929 Appalachia, where people play by their own rules, 13-year-old Teddy Rogers is forced to pay a penance for a terrible accident. He is soon hunted and haunted by his past.

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2021-11-24 | Drama

Cast

Kevin R. James, Brian Sutherland

Rating

rating icon 5.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    impelling and reinforcing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    perfectly crafted
  3. Ranked #1 for
    gorgeous cinematography

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2 Waves (2019)

A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.

Info

2019-11-15 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell

Rating

rating icon 7.403
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    imaginative directing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    picking up pace
  3. Ranked #1 for
    propulsive

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3 The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson (2022)

In 1893, heavily pregnant Molly Johnson and her children struggle in isolation to survive the harsh Australian landscape after her husband left to go droving sheep in the high country. One day, she finds a shackled Aboriginal fugitive named Yakada wounded on her property. As an unlikely bond begins to form between them he reveals secrets about her true identity. Realizing Molly’s husband is actually missing, new town lawman Nate Clintoff starts being suspicious and sends his constable to investigate.

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2022-05-05 | Drama / Western

Cast

Leah Purcell, Rob Collins

Rating

rating icon 5.788
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    requiring a second watch
  2. Ranked #1 for
    talent behind cameras
  3. Ranked #1 for
    less effective

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4 Drive My Car (2021)

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

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2021-08-18 | Drama

Cast

Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura

Rating

rating icon 7.42
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    patient
  2. Ranked #2 for
    stoic
  3. Ranked #3 for
    with epiphany moments

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5 A Shattered Diamond (2021)

A story of a group friends as they deal with the loss of one of their own, and learn how to move on.

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2021-01-01 | Drama

Cast

Lou DeNardo, Jenny Boswell

Rating

rating icon 0.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    finding happiness
  2. Ranked #1 for
    heartfelt
  3. Ranked #1 for
    genuinely touching

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6 Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)

Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing and relentless racism to become one of a select group who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. Over a seventy year career, she has paved the way for Hispanic-American performers by refusing to be pigeonholed into one-dimensional stereotypes.

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2021-06-18 | Documentary

Cast

Rita Moreno, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    talented and versatile actor
  2. Ranked #1 for
    crying out loud
  3. Ranked #1 for
    dusky

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7 C'mon C'mon (2021)

Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angeles.

Info

2021-11-19 | Drama

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix, Woody Norman

Rating

rating icon 7.254
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    crisp cinematography
  2. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely terrific
  3. Ranked #1 for
    suiting role

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8 Sniper: Assassin's End (2020)

Special Ops sniper Brandon Beckett is set up as the primary suspect for the murder of a foreign dignitary on the eve of signing a high-profile trade agreement with the United States. Narrowly escaping death, Beckett realizes that there may be a dark operative working within the government, and partners with the only person whom he can trust: his father, legendary sniper Sgt. Thomas Beckett. Both Becketts are on the run from the CIA, Russian mercenaries, and a yakuza-trained assassin with sniper skills that rival both legendary sharpshooters.

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2020-06-15 | Action

Cast

Chad Michael Collins, Sayaka Akimoto

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cliche dialogue
  2. Ranked #1 for
    smart-ass
  3. Ranked #1 for
    largely forgettable

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9 Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

Info

2020-11-09 | Drama

Cast

Gabriel Basso, Amy Adams

Rating

rating icon 6.735
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    hillbilly
  2. Ranked #2 for
    white trash
  3. Ranked #3 for
    hard

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10 The Last Right (2019)

Daniel Murphy is lumbered with a corpse that has the same last name as his, who dies on his flight from Boston to County Cork. Travelling back to Ireland to attend his mother’s funeral, Daniel also checks on his autistic brother. What follows is an unconventional road trip with his brother and the mortuary assistant as they take the coffin from Clonakilty to Rathlin Island.

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2019-12-06 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Brian Cox, Michiel Huisman

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    beautiful script
  2. Ranked #2 for
    less believable
  3. Ranked #2 for
    comic relief

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