Top rated adaptive movies that are also intellectually challenging

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

1 Crimes of the Future (2022)

With his partner Caprice, celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin, an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed... Their mission -- to use Saul's notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.

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2022-05-25 | Drama / Science Fiction

Cast

Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux

Rating

rating icon 6.108
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    exhibitionist
  2. Ranked #1 for
    corporeal theme
  3. Ranked #2 for
    slowly evolving

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2 Wolf (2021)

Jacob, a man who believes he is a wolf trapped in a human body, is sent to a clinic by his family where he is forced to undergo increasingly extreme forms of "curative" therapies at the hands of The Zookeeper. Jacob’s only solace is the enigmatic Wildcat, with whom he roams the hospital in the dead of night. The two form an improbable friendship that develops into infatuation.

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2021-12-03 | Drama

Cast

George MacKay, Lily-Rose Depp

Rating

rating icon 5.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    one-dimensional villain
  2. Ranked #1 for
    milder
  3. Ranked #1 for
    brilliant casting

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3 The Prototype (2022)

A government agent stumbles upon an alien conspiracy to conquer Earth. Using a blue liquid created by the aliens to make soldiers stronger, he becomes The Prototype-the only hope for mankind.

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2022-02-25 | Action / Science Fiction

Cast

Victoria De Mare, Theresa Tilly

Rating

rating icon 4.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    exceptionally well-done
  2. Ranked #1 for
    technically superb directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    thought-provoking theme

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4 No Bears (2022)

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.

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2022-10-06 | Drama

Cast

Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi

Rating

rating icon 6.893
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    two parallel plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    adaptive
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unhappy ending

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5 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 6.344
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    multifaceted plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    layered
  3. Ranked #1 for
    vague ending

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6 Les Misérables (2019)

Inspired by the 2005 riots in Paris, Stéphane, a recent transplant to the impoverished suburb of Montfermeil, joins the local anti-crime squad. Working alongside his unscrupulous colleagues Chris and Gwada, Stéphane struggles to maintain order amidst the mounting tensions between local gangs. When an arrest turns unexpectedly violent, the three officers must reckon with the aftermath and keep the neighborhood from spiraling out of control.

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2019-11-14 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti

Rating

rating icon 7.598
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    leaving wonders
  2. Ranked #1 for
    forceful
  3. Ranked #1 for
    new kid on the block

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7 Broker (2022)

Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price. Meanwhile, detectives were watching, and they quietly track them down to capture the crucial evidence.

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2022-06-08 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won

Rating

rating icon 7.191
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with poignant moments
  2. Ranked #2 for
    flexible
  3. Ranked #2 for
    existential theme

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8 The Artifice Girl (2023)

A team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators. After teaming up with the program's troubled developer, they soon find that the AI is rapidly advancing beyond its original purpose.

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2023-04-27 | Science Fiction / Thriller

Cast

Tatum Matthews, Sinda Nichols

Rating

rating icon 6.656
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    doomy and gloomy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    for questioning
  3. Ranked #1 for
    intelligent and thoughtful character

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9 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 6.492
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    well-executed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    taut
  3. Ranked #1 for
    genuinely exciting

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10 The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

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2020-09-25 | Drama / History

Cast

Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen

Rating

rating icon 7.711
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    depicting social justice
  2. Ranked #2 for
    crisp dialogue
  3. Ranked #2 for
    with memorable moments

Trailer

The Trial of the Chicago 7 trailer
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