Top rated cynical movies with a universal theme

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

1 Lost Illusions (2021)

Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.

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2021-10-20 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France

Rating

rating icon 7.446
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    lustrous
  2. Ranked #1 for
    literary masterpiece
  3. Ranked #1 for
    cursory plot

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2 The Good Boss (2021)

Julio Blanco is the proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.

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2021-10-15 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo

Rating

rating icon 6.975
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tart lines
  2. Ranked #1 for
    flippant
  3. Ranked #1 for
    cynical

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3 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.

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2019-09-07 | Drama / History

Cast

Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks

Rating

rating icon 6.969
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    humble
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cynical view
  3. Ranked #2 for
    cynical

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4 Living (2022)

London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.

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2022-11-04 | Drama

Cast

Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood

Rating

rating icon 7.03
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    telling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    able supporting actor
  3. Ranked #2 for
    highly satisfying

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5 Limbo (2021)

An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.

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2021-04-30 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Amir ElMasry, Vikash Bhai

Rating

rating icon 6.844
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    awaited
  2. Ranked #1 for
    serious approach
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sullen

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6 Peace by Chocolate (2021)

After the bombing of his father's chocolate factory, a young Syrian refugee struggles to settle into his new Canadian small-town life, caught between following his dream and preserving his family's chocolate-making legacy. Based on the incredible true story.

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2021-06-17 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Hatem Ali, Ayham Abou Ammar

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    expert pace
  2. Ranked #1 for
    heavy drama
  3. Ranked #7 for
    heartwarming

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7 Kajillionaire (2020)

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

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2020-09-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger

Rating

rating icon 6.278
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    odd
  2. Ranked #1 for
    idiosyncratic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unorthodox

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8 An American Pickle (2020)

An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving relative is his great grandson, a computer coder who he can’t connect with.

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2020-07-26 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook

Rating

rating icon 5.67
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    quite amusing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    modern
  3. Ranked #1 for
    with humorous moments

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9 Goodbye, Petrushka (2022)

Claire moves impulsively from NYC to Paris, where she nannies for the family from hell, battles wacky French bureaucrats, embarrasses herself in front of her Parisian crush and navigates a toxic relationship - among other faux pas.

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2022-06-12 | Comedy / Romance

Cast

Lizzie Kehoe, Thomas Vieljeux

Rating

rating icon 5.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    refreshingly original directing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    talented director
  3. Ranked #1 for
    grounded

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10 Falling for Figaro (2021)

A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands.

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2021-10-01 | Romance / Comedy

Cast

Danielle Macdonald, Hugh Skinner

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    twinkling character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    melodious voice
  3. Ranked #1 for
    acid-tongued dialogue

Trailer

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