Top rated building up atmosphere movies on Criterion Channel

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1 After Yang (2022)

When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.

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2022-03-04 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith

Rating

rating icon 6.424
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    futuristic vision
  2. Ranked #1 for
    exploration of human
  3. Ranked #1 for
    peaceful

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2 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.

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2021-04-11 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima

Rating

rating icon 7.13
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    as a topic of discussion
  2. Ranked #1 for
    vignette narrative
  3. Ranked #2 for
    triangular plot

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3 Phoenix (2014)

German-Jewish cabaret singer Nelly survived Auschwitz but had to undergo reconstructive surgery as her face was disfigured. Without recognizing Nelly, her former husband Johnny asks her to help him claim his wife’s inheritance. To see if he betrayed her, she agrees, becoming her own doppelganger.

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2014-09-25 | Drama

Cast

Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld

Rating

rating icon 6.828
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #58 for
    dumbfounded
  2. Ranked #143 for
    pulpy
  3. Ranked #146 for
    backstabbing

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4 A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.

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2014-11-21 | Horror / Romance

Cast

Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi

Rating

rating icon 6.836
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #160 for
    effective
  2. Ranked #225 for
    natural light
  3. Ranked #235 for
    obtuse

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5 Aferim! (2015)

Set in early 19th century Wallachia, Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.

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2015-03-06 | Drama / History

Cast

Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #45 for
    with mercenaries
  2. Ranked #105 for
    historical point of view
  3. Ranked #240 for
    in doldrums

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6 The Tracker (2002)

Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Indigenous man.

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2002-08-08 | Drama / History

Cast

David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #30 for
    game changer
  2. Ranked #101 for
    great soundtrack
  3. Ranked #238 for
    diorama

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7 Mulholland Drive (2001)

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

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2001-06-06 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Naomi Watts, Laura Harring

Rating

rating icon 7.818
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #55 for
    masterpiece
  2. Ranked #129 for
    impressionistic
  3. Ranked #144 for
    puzzled

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8 Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

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1987-10-07 | Drama / War

Cast

Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #89 for
    life and limb story
  2. Ranked #93 for
    tour de force
  3. Ranked #117 for
    Treasure Hunt

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9 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

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2007-08-24 | Drama

Cast

Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu

Rating

rating icon 7.535
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #24 for
    reverse shot
  2. Ranked #54 for
    tour de force
  3. Ranked #118 for
    fancy camera work

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10 Hunger (2008)

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.

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2008-05-15 | Drama / History

Cast

Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham

Rating

rating icon 7.248
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #13 for
    tour de force
  2. Ranked #25 for
    reverse shot
  3. Ranked #137 for
    characters existing in real life

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Hunger trailer
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